PRE-OPERATION swabbing of elective-surgery patients for COVID-19 ended on Friday in Mildura.

Following months of no community transmission of the deadly respiratory disease in north-west Victoria, Mildura Base Public Hospital (MBPH) chiefs have suspended the process that required patients to be swabbed and then self-isolate for up to a week before elective surgery.

"Given we're in an area of suc...