Lockdown gone from midnight
Victoria will largely return to previous rules, although masks remain mandatory outside the home.
The Premier announced this morning that from 11.59pm tonight, the lockdown imposed last week will end.
"We will largely return to the previous rules - while keeping a watchful eye on some of the riskier settings," he said.
This means from midnight there’ll no longer be four reasons to leave home. The five-kilometre restriction will no longer apply.
Restaurants and retail can reopen. Same too with community facilities, entertainment venues and all other public places – although some additional limits on crowd sizes will be in place.
Schools will reopen. Workers will be able to get back to work. For offices – both public and private – that means a return to 50 per cent on-site.
However there is a limit of five visitors to your home and public gatherings are limited to 20.
Masks must be worn everywhere indoors, except at home. They will also be required outside if you can't physically distance from others.
Visits to hospitals and aged care homes will be limited to one household per day, with some specific exceptions.
"Those other defences – checking in when we’re heading out, washing our hands, keeping our distance – will remain just as critical," the Premier said.
"So too will the best protection there is: getting tested if you have any symptom, no matter how mild.
"Because as far as we’ve come, as much as we’ve achieved, without the full-scale rollout of the vaccine – this virus isn’t going away.
"We have every reason to be proud – and every reason to stay safe."
For more information call the coronavirus hotline on 1800 675 398 or visit coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
