However, what are your new freedoms in Victoria under the Covid reopening rules?

On Friday, Melbourne will exit its sixth lockdown, after 70% of people aged over 16 in Victoria have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. After 77 days of tough restrictions, students will return to class part-time, fully vaccinated people will be able to get haircuts, and groups will be able to gather outdoors in larger numbers and have visitors in the homes. Pubs and restaurants will be open for limited numbers indoors and outdoors, while entertainment venues will be able to open up outdoors. The travel limit also eases, except for leaving Melbourne, and the rules are even more relaxed for regional Victoria, where there have been fewer cases of Covid-19.

You can have visitors in your home

In Victoria, you can have 10 visitors including dependents in your home a day.

Groups of up to 15 people can gather outside in Melbourne, and this is increased to 20 in regional Victoria.

Funerals and weddings

In Melbourne, funerals and weddings can be held with 20 fully vaccinated people indoors, and 50 outdoors.

School slowly returns

All students will return at least part-time on-site in Melbourne, while in the rest of Victoria, they return full-time.

Community sport returns

In Melbourne, this means outdoors and for only the minimum number required for training while the rate is at 70%. In the rest of Victoria, it can return indoors for the minimum number of people required.

Gyms, pools, and saunas

When the fully vaccinated rate is 70%, 50 fully vaccinated people can do these outsides. This expands to 150 people indoors and 500 outdoors at 80%. At 70%, indoor pools, saunas, and steam rooms remain closed, with exceptions for hydrotherapy for essential medical care.

Travel

The 15km travel limit in Melbourne ends when lockdown ends, however people in Melbourne cannot travel to regional Victoria and vice versa until the 80% target is reached.

Work

When the state hits 80%, people will still work from home if they can, but can go into offices and workplaces if fully vaccinated.

 

Anyway, people who live in Victoria through tough days, and happy to see you again in our office :).