Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton says it would currently be “problematic” to allow fully vaccinated people to be exempt from the state’s lockdown measures.
From midnight tonight a state-wide circuit breaker lockdown will be imposed until June 3 as the Andrews government takes drastic measures to stop the spread of the latest coronavirus outbreak.
“There is no question that getting vaccinated and being two weeks after your first vaccine gives you a level of protection,” Mr Sutton said.
“One vaccine is not enough, but even for those who are fully vaccinated and 12-14 days post their second vaccine, I think it's problematic until we have clear directive from ATAGI and a national standard in that regard.
“I also think it's problematic when you see people who appear to be breaking the rules, as it were, until you can show that you've got evidence of vaccination and that it's an entitlement that applies across the board.
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Professor Kelly said an emergency Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) meeting had been held to discuss the outbreak, after four new local cases of coronavirus were recorded in the Melbourne cluster today. We know this is a variant of concern that is more transmissible, he said. We are watching that carefully and closely. We have the group of 30 cases so far all linked - that is an important component we know so far.
9News09:50, May 28 2021
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The Australian state of Victoria’s seven-day circuit breaker lockdown entered its first day on Friday, in a bid to ward off a third Covid-19 wave.
The Australian state of Victoria has woken to its first morning of a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown, after new restrictions came into force Friday morning. The closure confines more than six million people to their homes, with limited exceptions, until 11.59pm on June 3 (local time), in an attempt to control an outbreak that had spread to 26 people by Thursday. As the number of exposure sites passed 150 and contact tracers linked 10,000 primary and close contacts to the cluster, Acting Victoria Premier James Merlino said “very strong advice” from public officials had compelled a statewide lockdown.