Health Minister Martin Foley has defended the state government’s decision to further relax mask and vaccination rules despite Victoria recording the highest average daily coronavirus death rate in June covid19Vic
Victoria has recorded an average of almost 18 deaths each day from the virus, up from an average of 15 a day in May.Under changes announced over the weekend, some mask rules will end and visitor caps at residential aged care and disability facilities will be lifted.Health Minister Martin Foley has defended the state government’s decision to further relax mask and vaccination rules despite Victoria recording the highest average daily coronavirus death rate in June.
But head of Monash University’s epidemiological modelling unit, Associate Professor James Trauer, called for more transparency and publicly available data around who is dying after being infected with coronavirus in Australia.“There’s just not enough of a breakdown.
Some epidemiologists have criticised the decision, warning it will further jeopardise the elderly and people with underlying health risks while adding to strain on the health system as the winter flu season continues to bite. Government-imposed third-dose mandates in education, food distribution, meat and seafood processing, and quarantine accommodation sectors will also be lifted.As almost 95 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and older have had two COVID-19 vaccine doses, rules requiring general workers to work from home unless they are double-vaccinated are lifted. Employers can still set their own workplace conditions.
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