Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has tempered expectations of taking big steps to ease COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne next week, as the tail of the state's second wave of infections persists.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has tempered expectations of taking big steps to ease COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne next week, as the tail of the state's second wave of infections persists.
Despite lowering expectations, the premier said Melburnians could be assured that some restrictions would be lifted, even if the changes would not be as significant as those hoped for. That was planned to remove restrictions on people leaving their homes, allow for public gatherings of up to 10 and allow hospitality and retail stores to increase trading.The state's latest 14-day rolling case average across Melbourne is 9.5 and 0.4 in regional Victoria.The number of active infections is now 192 with 21 one of those in hospital and only one in intensive care.The first day of his media marathon was 3 July when the state reported 66 fresh cases.
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