Lockdown restrictions in Melbourne and regional Victoria will ease from this Friday

Victoria recorded one new local case of COVID-19 on Wednesday from more than 28,000 tests. The five reasons to leave home will no longer apply in metropolitan Melbourne.

Lockdown restrictions in Melbourne and regional Victoria will ease from this Friday Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Highlights

• From 11.59 pm Thursday night, metropolitan Melbourne will move to most of the same settings currently in place across regional Victoria, and regional Victoria will move further towards further easing.
• Under the new rules, the five reasons to leave the home will no longer apply to metropolitan Melbourne, with the 10-kilometre radius limit to be increased to 25 kilometres.
• Travel to regional Victoria over the long weekend from Melbourne will still be banned.

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Reported yesterday: 1 new local case, 0 new cases acquired overseas. Got symptoms? Get tested. - 19,533 vaccine doses administered - 28,485 test results received More later: https://t.co/lIUrl0ZEco#COVID19VicData#COVID19Vicpic.twitter.com/wc5BUgm6OK — VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) June 8, 2021

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