Melburnians anxiously await another Sunday press conference from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who has flagged a slight fast-tracking of some parts of his restrictions roadmap today.
Melburnians are anxiously awaiting another Sunday press conference from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who has flagged a slight fast-tracking of some parts of his restrictions roadmap today.Mr Andrews said he would make "further announcements" not outlined in the roadmapMr Andrews unveiled a five-step "roadmap to reopening" earlier this month, which outlined a staged program to ease restrictions before reaching "COVID normal".
Melbourne hit its case-number target for the second step — an average between 30–50 per day over a two-week period — ahead of schedule. The 14-day average of daily cases is 23.6, paving the way for some additional restrictions to be eased. On Thursday, Mr Andrew said the continuing drop in new cases proved the Government's suppression strategy was working.However he cautioned restriction-weary Victorians not to get too excited, saying today would not be "a day of massive steps".
"It will be, however, a day of steady and safe steps, and that gradual continual progress is what we've been able to do because we have a gradual and continued decline in those numbers," he said.
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