He said he expects restrictions to ease on Friday. My expectation is that by the end of this period we ll be in a position to have a further easing of restrictions, he said.
Lockdown restrictions are set to remain in place until Thursday night, with Deputy Chief Health Officer Professor Allen Cheng explaining the relaxing of measures would be a day-by-day proposition . We don t want to be in this any longer than we need to, he said. If we can, we will lift it early - but at this stage, our expectation is that it will continue to Thursday.
Following the announcement of the extended lockdown, Victoria s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton said he had great confidence the restrictions could ease as planned after the extra week.
Tommy Little and the Federal Secretary for Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANWF) Annie Butler have clashed in a fiery exchange over the Covid vaccine.