Victoria’s COVID-19 press conference was met with a gatecrasher on Wednesday, after a man yelled at Premier Dan Andrews for more than half an hour.
During the announcement of further lockdown restrictions, the man started shouting for “Premier Daniel Andrews” from the floor above where the conference was taking place.
The said he had a letter for the Victorian Premier and claimed he called to try and speak to him the day before.
Police eventually stepped in to arrest the man, as reporters asked Andrews to address the man’s obvious frustrations about continuing COVID-19 restrictions.
The Premier said in response, “Whether you support me or not I will do everything I can to protect you from this virus.”
“Shouting doesn’t work against this virus. Like I said the other day, if frustration and anger was effective against coronavirus, we’d all be double dosed vaccinated by now.”
The Victorian Premier has received a lot of scrutiny over the many lockdowns Victoria has endured, as he continues to say he will do whatever is necessary to protect Victorians from the deadly Delta strain of coronavirus.
Melbourne went into another snap lockdown last Thursday evening and was said to only last a week.
However, as cases continue to rise, Andrews said authorities needed more time and extended it to now last until midnight on Thursday August 19.
