Premier DanielAndrewsMP has hit back at the leading epidemiologists questioning Melbourne's five-kilometre travel rule. covid19 covid coronavirus
"With the greatest of respect to Catherine Bennett, she's not the Chief Health Officer," he said.
"Movement means virus. It's as simple as that. It's about reducing movement. That's what stay at home orders are all about. That's what just about every single one of the measures we've put in place - it's about reducing movement."The number of active cases in the state dropped from 359 to 326. Tuesday's figures bring the state's rolling 14-day average to 18.9.
With most of Victoria's new coronavirus cases linked to essential workers, including in aged care and at hospitals, leading infectious diseases physician Professor Peter Collignon said the five-kilometre radius was increasingly futile.
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