Covid-19 news

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

Due to a large rise in COVID-19 cases across Melbourne and regional Victoria, further restrictions have been announced in line with the advice of the Chief Health Officer. From Sunday 2 August at 11:59pm, a face covering will be mandatory statewide whenever you leave home – and wherever you live. This means that every person … Read more

People living in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire and will now be required to wear a face covering when leaving home for one of the four reasons, following a concerning increase in coronavirus cases in recent days. Otherwise, if you’re leaving your home for one of the four reasons, you need to cover your face. … Read more

The Victorian Premier announced that there were 288 new cases in Victoria today, Friday 10 July. He confirmed at this stage there are no plans to extend a return to stage 3 restrictions beyond the current metro Melbourne LGA’s and Mitchell Shire. There are currently 4 active cases in Bendigo, one an employee of Bendigo … Read more