![]() ![]() ![]() Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews departs after a press conference in Melbourne. Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews said: “If we open up too fast then we have a very high likelihood that we are not really opening up at all – we are just beginning a third wave.” These were introduced in August, and due to end on 12 September, but were extended to eradicate the virus further on 6 September. There were 63 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths recorded that day. ![]() Other restrictions included an overnight curfew, and advice against visiting or meeting with other households. Initially, Melbourne was only meant to stay in lockdown for six weeks – the same amount of time that Ireland’s Level 5 is to be in place.Īlthough the Melbourne lockdown began in early July, in early August tougher restrictions were brought in where residents were only allowed to travel within their 5km one hour of exercise a day to travel to buy food or to travel for work if their business is deemed essential (apart from the time limit on exercise, this is similar to Ireland’s Level 5). The government said that protective equipment in high-risk workplaces, mandatory masks in public and physical distancing was key to their reopening strategy. The latest all relate to travel on trains. On Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Service’s Covid-19 page, it provides a list of where individual cases were when they are thought to have contracted Covid-19. The virus also entered Victoria’s care homes, with more than 100 residents dying since early August and almost 2,000 active infections linked to the facilities – active cases currently in care homes have been brought down to three in total. This is said to have been caused due to rules not being adhered to strictly enough. The spread of Covid-19 in Victoria was sparked when the virus leaked into the community from Melbourne hotels used to quarantine travellers from overseas. Here’s how it was done, and a bit about the strategy Melbourne was pursuing. There is now an average of 0.2 cases over a 14-day average in Victoria, and 2.8 in the metropolitan Melbourne area. Though this might not sound like a lot, cases and deaths in Victoria have made up the bulk of Australia’s total more than 90% of Australia’s total Covid-19 death toll of 905 are from that state.Īs a result, the state of Victoria and Melbourne’s population of 5 million has remained under a lockdown that has cut them off from the rest of the country, which has returned to a type of normality.īut after a four-month strict lockdown and a “double doughnut” – what locals have nicknamed two days of no new coronavirus cases or deaths – a stay-at-home and the forced closures of non-essential business end at midnight in Australia (1pm Irish time).Īcross the state of Victoria, there are now just 87 active coronavirus cases and five people in hospital with the virus. Melbourne and the surrounding state of Victoria have been the epicentre of Australia’s second wave – the state’s outbreak peaked at more than 700 daily cases in late July. The Covid-19 restrictions aimed not just to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases, but squash them down to less than an average of five Covid-19 cases linked to community transmission over 14 days. AUSTRALIA’S SECOND LARGEST city has come out of a four-month lockdown. ![]()
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