KARL STEFANOVIC: Well, testing will intensify across Victoria today to protect regional areas from Melbourne's hotspots with close to 1,500 cases currently active across the state.ALLISON LANGDON: Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, joins us now for more.
Michael, a very good morning to you. There's been so much talk about making masks mandatory. Should it happen?PROFESSOR MICHAEL KIDD: Well, certainly at the moment we are encouraging people in the hotspot areas, in the areas where community transmission is occurring, to wear a mask, particularly in those areas where physical distancing may not be possible – this is obviously on public transport if you're travelling to work, when you're going and doing your essential.