Melburnians are eagerly waiting to hear whether the city’s tough lockdown will end tomorrow night, with all signs pointing to an easing of restrictions.
, the Victorian government was working out the details of the post-lockdown restrictions with public health officials on Tuesday night, and they are set to be finalised this morning.
Restaurants and cafes will have a 50-customer limit, and outdoor get-togethers will be capped at 10 people. Masks will still be required indoors. “We want to be upfront and honest with people at the earliest opportunity, particularly because we’re coming up to the long weekend, so we are on track for an easing of restrictions as planned this week, but there will be different settings for a period of time between regional Victoria and Melbourne,” he said.
The highly-infectious Delta strain first emerged in India and has since spread to dozens of other countries, with authorities discovering it for the first time in the Australian community last week.On Tuesday, Mr Merlino confirmed a genomic match has been found “There’s currently no definitive understanding of where a transmission events may have occurred but we are investigating all possibilities from the plane to travel to hotel.”
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