Victoria is expected to announce a winding back of COVID-19 rules this morning. It comes as the state government announces two-thirds of Victorians aged over 16 have received three doses of a vaccine.
The state's seven-day case average has dropped to below 10,000, marking a turning point in the latest wave."The seven-day average, very pleasingly, is coming down. That says to me — I'm not a scientist, I'm not a doctor, I'm not the Chief Health Officer — but it says to me that the peak has come and gone," Mr Andrews said.
The government on Wednesday reported that more than two-thirds of Victorians aged 16 and older had received three doses of the vaccine.has recommended that the mandated quarantine period for close contacts be phased out as states and territories emerge from this latest waveHowever health experts are split on the decision, with some raising concerns that close contact restrictions are being eased too early.
University of Melbourne epidemiologist Nancy Baxter said the move would mean the government was no longer attempting to control the transmission of the virus. "Politically, it is expedient for all of these things to be relaxed because it signals that COVID is over," Professor Baxter told ABC News Breakfast.last week through wastewater samples taken in Melbourne.
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