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Highlights
- Victoria to hit 90% double vaccination milestone for above 12 on the weekend.
- Wide-ranging easing of COVID-19 restrictions across Victoria.
- Masks no longer a regulation in most settings.
Life in Victoria is likely to come back to normal as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions have eased further for fully vaccinated. The state has eased restrictions at midnight ahead of reaching its 90 per cent vaccination milestone a few days.
What does restriction ease mean for Victorians?
- An end to contact tracing for related to COVID-19 positive cases and exposure sites will no longer be published.
- Events with less than 30,000 populations, can now be held without an approved COVID-safety plan.
- In house, fully vaccinated close contacts of positive tested patients will have to isolate for seven days and those unvaccinated for fourteen.
- Non-household close contacts will only require isolation until they test negative.
- Cases will have to notify their workplace, school or childcare about a positive result.
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- Work from home might end and on-site work is permitted to resume as normal for the fully vaccinated.
- However, non-essential retail will only be open for fully vaccinated and children below 12 or those with a valid exemption.
- Masks might not be a regulation everywhere, but will still be required in health facilities, public transport, retail store, and for primary school kids.
- The easing seems to be targeted towards, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Boxing day sporting events.
Bottom line-
The restriction easing seeks to get life in Victoria back to normal, as state is real close to its vaccine milestone. However, lockdown restrictions remain unchanged for unvaccinated Victorians
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