Tuesday,
17 September 2024
Lockdown ending

RESTRICTIONS in regional Victoria are scheduled to begin easing from 11.59pm Thursday, June 3 depending on the next 24 hours, while those in metropolitan Melbourne will remain in lockdown for another seven days.

However, Acting Premier James Merlino has put the onus on types of regional businesses which are open regionally and not in Melbourne to check the IDs of every customer who enters their business before serving them.

"We know it's an extra ask on staff and on customers, but ultimately this is about keeping your community safe," Mr Merlino said.

Six new cases were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the total amount of cases to 60 and 350 exposure sites.

Mr Merlino said for regional Victorians the five reasons to leave home will be removed and there will be no limit on the distance they can travel from home.

Regional Victorians can only travel to Melbourne for a permitted reason and they must follow Melbourne restrictions once they are there.

Outdoor gathering limits can occur with a limit of up to 10 people with the two person limit erased from Thursday night.

Food and hospitality can open for seated service only with a cap of 50 people per venue subject to density requirements of one per four sq uare metres.

Retail can open and personal services such as beauty and tattooing can resume for services where masks can remain on.

Religious gatherings and ceremonies are permitted for 50 people indoors or outdoors.

Gatherings for weddings is still capped at 10 but funerals can now have 50 mourners attend.

Junior outdoor community sport will return and adults will be able to resume training outdoors.

Outdoor pools including swimming classes can operate with a limit of 50 people with a 4sqm density ratio.

Libraries and toy libraries can open with the cap of 50 people, subject to density requirements.

Outdoor seated and unseated entertainment will have a patron limit of 50 people or 50 per cent of the venue's seating capacity, whichever is lower.