Melbourne will remain under stage four lockdown for at least a further two weeks, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed. The extension will come into effect at 11.59pm on September 13 and will remain in place until September 28. 9News More:
In outlining the changes, Mr Andrews described how difficult this decision had been as he warned of the dire consequences of opening up too soon."The modelling that Allen will speak to in a moment indicates that if we open up too fast then we have a very high likelihood – a very high likelihood – that we are not really opening up at all, we are just beginning a third wave.
"New South Wales are not in the same place. There haven't been more than 13 cases a day in New South Wales since early August. At 60 or 100 cases a day in Victoria, we are not even close."Restrictions for Melbourne will be further eased from September 28, so long as coronavirus infections have reduced to between 30 to 50 daily cases before then.
"There are still some limits," Mr Andrews said, as he listed warehousing, postal services, the sort of distribution services and childcare as among the jobs to return. "They essentially moved to step two and then we will reassess based on total numbers over a 14-day period," he said. "It is fair to say Geelong is on close watch and we will monitor the cases in the Geelong area as we have done for many weeks now. We may have to treat Geelong separately. I'm giving people fair warning of that."It is unlikely Melbourne will return to geographical lockdowns in future, Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has confirmed.
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