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Sep 06, 2020
COVID-19

Victoria’s path out of COVID-19 lockdown – quick reference guides

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton on Sunday announced steps to slowly ease COVID-19 restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

There are four steps before Victoria totally opens up – a goal Andrews refers to as “COVID-normal”. Melburnians will have to wait a bit longer than regional Victorians before an easing of curfews and restrictions on leaving the house.

But there is now a clear set of thresholds and restrictions for what a COVID “safe” Victoria should look like over the coming months:

The easing of restrictions for regional Victoria starts at Step 2, and involves some thresholds that are independent of metropolitan Melbourne.

This story was originally published on The Conversation by Liam Petterson, Assistant Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia, Michael Hopkin, Editor, Science + Technology, Health + Medicine, The Conversation and Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor

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By Liam Petterson
Assistant Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia
By Liam Petterson
Assistant Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia
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