Premier Daniel Andrews said tough stage four restrictions could be eased in metropolitan Melbourne earlier than outlined in the state government's road map
Beauty and personal services will also be allowed to open earlier than previously flagged, to bring them in line with hairdressers in the third step of the road map, providing masks are worn the entire time .
"We will sit down and make further revisions of modelling and re-prosecute the inputs and the assumptions and follow the real data as we go and we can make judgments that are different at different points in time," Professor Sutton said. University of Melbourne dean of medicine Shitij Kapur and professor of mathematical biology James McCaw wrote intheir modelling had been constrained by the fact it did not distinguish between COVID-19 cases in aged care settings, and those in the community.
“There have been too many deaths, too much damage done and too many lies told," Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien said.He called on the Premier to swiftly move to stage three restrictions.
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