Victoria will become the first Australian state to scrap mandatory isolation, with new COVID-19 rules taking effect a day earlier than other jurisdictions. 7NEWS
Premier Daniel Andrews said the new framework would give people the choice to do what is right for them and their community.
“We’re making sure there are still requirements in place to protect our dedicated healthcare workers and vulnerable Victorians in high-risk settings like aged care, disability settings and hospitals,” he said. The pandemic declaration replaced Victoria’s expiring state of emergency powers in December last year, after the Andrews government passed contentious pandemic-specific legislation.
Opposition health spokeswoman Georgie Crozier said the government’s decision was not public health-minded but instead an election ploy, 50 days out from the Victorian poll.Melbourne spent 263 days under stay-at-home orders across six lockdowns from March 2020 to October 2021. Once reaching tens of thousands of cases a day, Victoria on Friday recorded 9230 new COVID-19 infections and 43 deaths over the past seven days, with both figures down from the previous week.
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