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On Tuesday, Victoria noted one locally acquired case – the close contact of another positive case who had spent their entire infectious period in quarantine.
Despite the drop in cases, restrictions in Victoria will not ease as planned on 1 July as a result of the rest of the country battling a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Victoria’s Health Minister Martin Foley said the state would pause its relaxing of measures for another seven days as a precaution based on health advice and the heightened risk as a result of four other states and territories battling outbreaks.
“We are not increasing restrictions, as other states around the Australian mainland are, but what we are doing is holding them where they are,” Mr Foley said.
Victoria today recorded zero new cases of COVID-19 from more than 29,000 tests.
The state has only eight active cases connected to community outbreaks left.
Mr Weimar said 17 warning notices were issued from Victoria Police conducting isolation home visits, with two people yesterday receiving further enforcement action after breaching requirements.
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No new local cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Victoria. (Getty)
The state was meant to further ease restrictions today, but due to COVID-19 outbreaks flaring up in several states and territories, Health Minister Martin Foley said the relaxing of measures had to be postponed. We are not increasing restrictions, as other states around the Australian mainland are, but what we are doing is holding them where they are, Mr Foley said yesterday.
Overseas Arrivals May be Cut To Stop CCP Virus Outbreak in Australia
Australia has been warned it faces a pressure cooker moment as state premiers urge a dramatic reduction in international arrivals to stop coronavirus outbreaks.
Labor premiers in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reduce passenger caps.
“We are at a pressure cooker moment,” Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.
But Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews rejected calls to reduce caps, with the issue set to be high on the agenda at Friday’s national cabinet meeting.
“We need to learn to live and to work in the COVID environment in which we find ourselves,” she told reporters on the Gold Coast.
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Just when you thought Australia’s vaccine rollout couldn’t become more of a hot mess, Prime Minister Scott Morrison seemingly blindsided everyone when he announced that anyone (regardless of age or profession) can ask their doctor for an AstraZeneca jab.
Since Monday night’s press conference, many people have asked the question: did Scott Morrison actually mean to announce that anyone can get an AZ jab? Or was it just a slip of the tongue that he ran with?
Let’s investigate.
The Official Transcript
As we know all too well after more than a year of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Morrison isn’t particularly great with words, and this presser was no different. I mean, this man said “more soonly” at one point.