Melbourne and some towns in regional Victoria have been ordered back into lockdown for six weeks from midnight on Wednesday after the state recorded 191 new cases of COVID-19
Residents in those areas will be barred from leaving their homes for any purpose other than work, food, exercise, or medical care.The Mornington Peninsula is within the boundary of metropolitan Melbourne and will be included in the lockdown zone, although Geelong is not.
He said it would be impossible to continue contact tracing at a sufficient level to suppress and contain the virus. Retail businesses will remain open subject to density limits, markets will be for food and drink only and hairdressers will remain open.Loading"You cannot leave metropolitan Melbourne to get your daily exercise. You can't be going on a four-hour bushwalk, hundreds of kilometres away from Melbourne. You can't be going fishing outside a metropolitan area down into regional Victoria," Mr Andrews said.
When children eventually return to their classrooms, it is likely to be a staggered process, beginning with prep and grades 1 and 2. The latest figure of 191 new cases was enough to convince the Premier and his colleagues to push forward with the drastic new restrictions.
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