All of regional Victoria will go into lockdown from 1pm today, Victoria Premier Dan Andrews announced.
The lockdown will begin today from 1pm until 11:59pm on Thursday, 2 September.
In regional Victoria, there will only be five reasons to leave your home. They are:
– To get food and supplies you need.
– To exercise for up to two hours no more than 5km from your home.
– For care or caregiving.
– For authorised work or education if you can’t do so from home.
– Or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location.
Face masks will still be mandatory outdoors and indoors (anywhere that’s not at home).
The state recorded 61 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 overnight. 16 cases have been recorded in Shepparton, a regional Victoria town.
Reported yesterday: 61 new local cases and 0 new cases acquired overseas.
– 29,539 vaccine doses were administered
– 45,670 test results were received
More later: https://t.co/lIUrl1hf3W#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData
[1/3] pic.twitter.com/cF6VGG7VKR— Victorian Department of Health (@VicGovDH) August 20, 2021
You can read more about the regional Victoria lockdown below.
To keep Victorians safe, and on the advice of the Chief Health Officer, from 1pm today Regional Victoria will enter lockdown and additional measures will come into effect in Metro Melbourne. pic.twitter.com/YY6oeOGHYA
— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) August 21, 2021
Stay tuned for more.
