It’s a word that Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said 22 times in today, but it has left many people in the locked down state frustrated.
Mr Andrews did reveal that it was likely Stage Four restrictions would be extended, when asked what would happen in a few days’ time when Victoria’s state of disaster ended.
“I haven‘t got that advice yet but I think it is likely we will extend those arrangements. They are the ones that sit behind curfew and a number range of stage four measures,” he said. Can't give a plan 2 weeks away but wants to have a very long plan that has certainty... This makes no senseIt comes after Victoria’s daily coronavirus case numbers dropped below 100 on Saturday, recording 94 cases and 18 lives lost.But speaking on Sunday, Mr Andrews said it did not mean the state could suddenly ease stage four restrictions.
“I understand and appreciate fully that everybody wants that clear sense of what the next steps will be, but they need to be announcements that can be relied up on,” he said. “They need to be announcements that are based in the best of health advice, in data, in science, in the evidence, and what we can be certain of right now, these case numbers are too high for us to open up, and they are still too high for us to put forward a definitive plan. “Now, there will be a plan. It will come soon.
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