Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has warned the whole state could be put into lockdown if “people don’t do the right thing”, as the state records the highest daily infection rate since the pandemic began.
, the highest number of daily cases for Victoria since the pandemic began.Five days ago new lockdown restrictions came into effect for 10 postcodes across Melbourne, with residents only allowed to leave their homes for work or school, care or care giving, exercise or buying food and essentials.
“Otherwise, everyone is going to be back in their home in a lockdown. That’s what’s going to happen.” “That will be further away if people don’t do the right thing. That will be further away still if people say, ‘Well, I want this to be over so I’m going to pretend that it is.’ “The position of schools within those lockdown postcodes, that’s been monitored, that’s been dealt with off the data. One day when we got more to say about that, we will,” he said.
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