Heat on tweeting Victorian health official

Updated May 1 2020 - 1:36pm, first published 1:30pm
Victorian health official Annaliese van Diemen has angered some MPs with a tweet about Captain Cook.
Victorian health official Annaliese van Diemen has angered some MPs with a tweet about Captain Cook.

A senior health official has been told to stick to her day job by the prime minister after likening COVID-19 to Captain Cook's arrival in Australia.

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