Victoria’s chief health officer has revealed what could force stage four restrictions to be introduced, after the state recorded another spike in cases. COVID19
, bringing the state’s total to 4448. The state also recorded another death, with a woman in her 90s dying from the virus.
“If we’re seeing a focus in a particular setting, in a particular cohort of people, related to particular activities, that would be the focus of stage four restrictions,” he said. “Any consideration about what stage four might look like, if it were to be in place, is again to be based on the epidemiology,” he said.
He also noted that mandatory mask wearing “shouldn’t be off the table” but said he understood not everyone had access to them.
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