People waiting to be tested for coronavirus are facing long waits in Bendigo.
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At 1.30pm the drive-through testing line at the Bendigo health Stewart Street testing centre snaked around the block and up towards Bendigo Showgrounds.
About 150 people were also waiting in the walk-in clinic with some having been there since 9am.
Those waiting in the line were resourceful and prepared with food, drinks and entertainment while some people even had lunch delivered by UberEats or MenuLog drivers.
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Janelle Kelly was spending her second day in the testing line and had lunch delivered for her daughter.
"We got here at 10am and are probably about an hour away but it feels like it is moving quicker today," she said.
"We came back from NSW and pushed to do it before New Year's Eve."
Another woman who had two children in the car with her had been waiting since 9.40am.
Two men, who returned from Broken Hill on New Year's Day joined the end of the drive-through queue in Arnold Street at 9.50am.
To cope with demand, Bendigo Health is extended clinic hours this evening for people who joined the testing line before 2.30pm.
"Bendigo Health has extended our COVID screening clinic hours today to meet demand," a spokesperson said. "Anyone currently in the walk-in or drive-through queues will be tested today.
"We will be unable to test new arrivals at the drive-through clinic from 2.30pm. We will be able to test arrivals to the walk-in clinic queue until 5.30pm.
"Anyone unable to get tested today should go home, isolate and present for testing tomorrow. We thank the community for their vigilance and patience."
This morning, health minister Martin Foley said more than 190 COVID-19 testing sites are open across Victoria today.
More than 18,000 people were tested in Victoria yesterday.
"We thank the people who came forward yesterday, it is the most important thing we can do," he said.
"We have seen staff come back and assist in how we deliver testing to make sure the 190 sites open and operating have extended hours. People should visit the DHHS website to monitor the best locations in which to get tested."
Mr Foley said anyone with the slightest symptoms should come forward and be tested.
"The virus does not respect state borders, the virus does not respect holiday periods," he said. "The virus doesn't respect many things and we need make sure to stay ahead of this cluster and take all the necessary measures we can to ensure we bring it under control as soon as possible. I'm confident we will."