Victoria's crucial 14 day average of new coronavirus cases is now 16.8. It needs to get below five before more restrictions are eased.
For Melbourne to move to step three of the government's road map out of lockdown, that number needs to be five or less.The Victorian government has brought forward the date linked to the threshold for this next stage to October 19, one week earlier than the original road map.
Primary school students and those doing VCE or VCAL subjects are the only students who will return to face-to-face learning from October 12, with the remaining high school students to stay studying from home.Mr Tehan said the federal government's position had consistently been that it is safe for students to be at school.
"We want to see those students back in the classroom as quickly as possible in particular .... [those] from low socio-economic backgrounds [and] regional and rural areas."
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