About 7000 Victorians who queued up to take PCR tests over Christmas and New Year's will not receive their results as the samples are too old to be processed.
A third vaccination shot will soon be mandatory for frontline workers in NSW, as the state reduces elective surgery and bans singing in pubs to curb the Omicron surge.
Some of NSW's poorest residents will be able to get 10 free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, but calls remain for them to be free for everyone amid 34,994 new cases and six deaths.
As COVID-19 case numbers soar and testing delays build up in NSW, Dominic Perrottet will join other state and territory leaders to discuss a national response.
