It could be the novel way out of stage 4 restrictions for most of Melbourne – but there’s a catch and some suburbs will suffer more than others.
restrictions should come to an end in two weeks’ time and federal politicians have begun to demand the state provide some certainty to residents as to when they can expect to come out of curfew – and go back to Bunnings.in relation to the loosening of restrictions, but failed to explain what that plan might be.Source:News Corp Australiaeasing restrictions for most of the city while cordoning off hotspot suburbs could “get some compassion back” for the majority of struggling Melburnians.
Postcode 3029, which include suburbs north of Werribee including Hoppers Crossing and Tarneit, has 150 active cases and five more infections in the last 24 hours. Yet some parts of the Mornington Peninsula and the city’s northeast have seen few new infections and have active case numbers more similar to regional Victoria.Police officers are out in force in Melbourne enforcing the curfew and other measures.
It’s an idea that Prof McLaws has advocated for some time, pointing to China where outbreaks are fiercely jumped on. However in Aberdeen and Leicester, pubs and restaurants closed and people were not allowed to travel further than 8km from home.
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