Source: 9news
A raft of coronavirus restrictions have been eased in Victoria as the state records zero new local cases for the ninth day in a row.
More than 25,500 tests were conducted yesterday and just one infection was found in an overseas traveller in hotel quarantine.
The easing of restrictions in Melbourne brings the city in line with the settings in place in regional Victoria.
Masks are now no longer required at workplaces that do not require public-facing interaction, such as offices, factories and schools.
However, they are still required to be worn indoors with the current rules being reassessed in 14 days.
Up to 50 people are allowed at outdoor gatherings and AFL stadium crowds can now be at 40,000 capacity.
A range of venues have now moved to a one-person per two square metre capacity limit with no overarching caps including: hospitality, gyms, physical recreations venues, community facilities, creative studios and places of worship – providing a COVID check-in marshal is on-site.
Dance floors can return with a 50-person limit, providing a COVID check-in marshal is present.Private household gatherings will be kept at 15 visitors per day.
“The efforts of the Victorian people have been outstanding as we have run to ground simultaneously both the Kappa variants imported from South Australian hotel quarantine and a Delta variant that leaked out of, we suspect, hotel quarantine but still unaccounted for,” Health Minister Martin Foley said.
“The good news is that the position here in Victoria is stable. That means that we can ease our restrictions further.”
