In Australia, the spread of infection has reached new record levels.

Test stations around the country have been forced to close - either due to staff shortages or because the lab has reached its maximum capacity despite working around the clock, reports Reuters.

In the state of Victoria alone, 54 test stations were forced to close on Monday.

Drone images from Israel show long traffic jams to the test stations.

The spread of infection is expected to reach record levels within the next three weeks.

Prime Minister Naftalie Bennett has announced that the rules for who can be tested soon may be tightened to shorten the queues.

The United States reported more than 1 million new cases on Monday.

This is the highest daily figure for an individual country to date.

Despite this, several experts believe that the number of unreported cases can be large because the test operations are under heavy pressure with long queue times at the same time as there is a lack of self-tests.

See the long queues from above in the clip.