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Almost 5,000 thermometers are being shipped to Victorian holiday spots as the state nervously enters the school holidays amid a resurgent coronavirus crisis.

The state government is distributing about 4,800 of the infrared thermometers while testing clinics will be set up on the Great Ocean Road and in the Victorian Alps to coincide with the holidays, AAP reported.

Meanwhile, about 260 people arrived in Adelaide from Mumbai on Saturday morning, according to AAP, while hundreds are expected to follow from South America, Indonesia and India.

The South Australian health minister, Stephen Wade, is preparing for about 5%-10% of returnees to have the virus, as was the case when people arrived from Indonesia in other states.

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