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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that from 11.59pm Wednesday 17 February restrictions will ease across the state. Key changes include: No restrictions on reasons to leave home. Schools to open on Thursday. Retail, hospitality and beauty to reopen. Return to workplaces at 50% capacity. 5 visitors to the home and public gatherings of up to 20. Keep reading for a …
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a five-day lockdown in response to the growing coronavirus outbreak linked to a Melbourne quarantine hotel. Restrictions will be in effect from 11.59pm Friday 12 February. The measures are expected to be lifted at 11:59pm on Wednesday. Intrastate travel: travel limit of 5km from place of primary residence Face coverings: Must be carried at …
What is changing? There are no restrictions on reasons to leave home. During the Last Step restrictions on gatherings remain in place. There will be a phased return to workplaces. Contact and non-contact sport and recreation can resume for all ages, with limits applying to numbers of people. Shops, recreational facilities, entertainment, hospitality and cultural venues will be open, although …
Over the coming days more information about the changes to restrictions will be added. Indoor exercise, including gyms, can reopen with limits on the number of people in spaces. Exercise and classes can resume with up to 10 people per indoor space and a limit of 20 people per facility. Equipment must be cleaned between uses. You should wear a …
Last Sunday Premier Dan Andrews announced changes to restrictions in both metropolitan Melbourne and Regional Victoria. Changes for regional VictoriaWhilst Regional Victorian remains in Third Step restrictions, from 18 October 2020 some restrictions started to ease. The changes to restrictions include: You can have up to two people visit you at home each day. Infants under 12 months are not …
Statement from the Premier15 September 2020 Last week, we released our roadmap towards reopening. Those safe, steady and sustainable steps that will see us all the way to COVID Normal. Importantly, these steps are guided by clear targets – giving Victorians greater insight into our progress, and ensuring that when it comes to taking our next step forward, we can …
The Victorian Government have outlined a four step roadmap to ease the State into ‘COVID Normal’. Regional Victoria has a specific reopening roadmap, relating to how many active coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are in the community. Summary of Steps towards COVID Normal for Regional Victoria: First Step First step only applies to metropolitan Melbourne. Second Step – 11:59pm 13 September Only …
From 6pm tonight, Victoria will enter a State of Disaster. This will give our police additional powers to make sure people are complying with public health directions, which will be updated in coming days. From 11:59pm on Wednesday, regional Victoria will return to Stage 3 “Stay at Home” restrictions. That means there’ll again only be four reasons to be out: Shopping for food …
The Department of Health & Human Services has uploaded a new fact sheet on masks for people within the Disabilities Services Sector. The Chief Health Officer for Victoria recommends that adults wear a face covering when outside their home if it is difficult to keep 1.5 metres apart from other people. From 11:59pm on Sunday 2 August, you must wear …
To better support participants during the extended coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the NDIS have made a temporary change to funding arrangements for personal protective equipment (PPE). The NDIS are implementing temporary changes to funding of PPE for personal care where coronavirus (COVID-19) is active your community, and the use of PPE is consistent with current health advice. You can now recover …
