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Health
By Peter Marsh

Live: Chief Health Officer says masks 'need to be considered' in Victoria

Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warns the state is "right at the edge' of being able to control the current coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne.

Professor Sutton said his department was preparing advice on whether Victorians should wear masks while Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth said that for the bulk of Australians they would be "of no use at all".

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