Victorians with Medical Issues To Get Priority as Thousands Wait to Cross NSW Border As thousands of Victorians scramble for exemptions to return home from New South Wales, the state’s COVID-19 Response Commander Jeroen Weimar has said people with “genuine hardship reasons” will be given priority. “People who have urgent medical reasons, urgent medical appointments will get an exemption absolutely, and that’s done very very quickly,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday. There are up to 2,800 people awaiting approval to cross the NSW hard border with the Victorian government holding firm to strict measures as three more locally acquired CCP virus cases were reported. This brings the number of virus cases from the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock outbreak to 27.