VICTORIA has once again been plunged into a snap lockdown, with both regional and metropolitan areas set to be subject to strict conditions for at least five days as of 11.59pm Thursday night.
Following the return of masks statewide yesterday morning, Victoria has commenced a hard lock down identical to the one experienced in May.
Those restrictions included:
- People only able to leave home to shop for food and essential items, provide or receive care, exercise, work or study if they are unable to from home, and get vaccinated.
- The 5km travel limit will also be reimposed for exercise and shopping, as will compulsory use of masks indoors and outdoors.
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- All non-essential retail will close but stores including supermarkets, bottle shops and pharmacies will remain open.
- Cafes and restaurants will only be able to offer takeaway.
- Childcare and kinder will stay open, but schools will close.
- Professional sports events such as the weekend’s AFL games in Melbourne will continue, but without crowds.
- Community sport will be cancelled.
It comes on the back of 18 active cases of coronavirus in Victoria, as the Delta strain continues to spread throughout the state at a pace particularly concerning to Premier Daniel Andrews.
“All of our teams are moving faster than they ever have,” he said.
“They’re not getting in front of it.”
He said a hard lockdown for five days would prevent the necessity of a five week or five month lockdown, aiming to nip the spread of the virus in the bud.
For full details, visit https://www. dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus.
