Premier DanielAndrewsMP says the curfew imposed on Melburnians only impacts jogging and shopping after 9:00pm but is a critical sacrifice which the public must make in order to combat COVID-19.
Premier Daniel Andrews says the curfew imposed on Melburnians only impacts jogging and shopping after 9:00pm but is a critical sacrifice which the public must make in order to combat COVID-19. "If the curfew was removed tonight, the only change would be potentially that you could jog at 11:00pm at night. You could maybe go shopping at 11:00pm tonight if the supermarket were open,” he said.
The Premier made the further claim, “if you don't limit movement across the community, you won't limit case numbers … and we won't get to the point where we can open up”. “Ultimately having the curfew simply makes the difficult and critically important job of Victoria Police … as simple as we can”. Exercising and shopping within curfew hours was a sacrifice which is “worth it” when it came to the difficult task limiting movement and limiting case numbers, Mr Andrews said.
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