Speaking on Friday, she said that governments needed a balanced approach when it came to closing borders and urged them to have more confidence in their communities' ability to follow advice.

"We need to think about how we approach borders. I think too many state leaders are moving too quickly in closing their borders without properly assessing what it might mean for their citizens and what it might mean for around the nation," she said.

"If you have confidence in your state's ability to get on top of an outbreak, then you should think a bit carefully about when you need to move on borders."

She also defended her own decision to close the border last year.

"Another difficult decision was closing the Victorian border because we knew that impact would have on tens of thousands of people," Ms Berejiklian said.

"We've made all those decisions at the right time and we've made them with the motivation of trying impact as few people as possible while keeping the virus at bay."

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Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said 120,833 permit applications had been received up to yesterday morning and 1886 exemptions were granted for people in red zones wanting to enter Victoria.

He said some were for future border crossings and others were "matters of immediate emergency" such as end of life issues, medical conditions or funeral arrangements.

"We want to make sure that the principles of getting people here into Victoria safely is the overriding outcome," he said.

"I understand the frustrations and the dislocation this is causing, but even more so I understand the frustrations and the dislocation that another cluster outbreak in Victoria would cause.

"I apologise for the dislocation has caused, but I make no apology for the principle of keeping Victoria safe and keeping Victoria open."