Omicron
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Host of COVID restrictions scrapped
Close contact quarantine, proof of vaccination and mask mandates for most settings have been scrapped with a raft of other pandemic orders. Minister for Health Martin Foley changed restrictions on Friday following a near 70 per cent uptake of the third COVID vaccination. “As the peak of the Omicron wave begins to subside… Victoria will…
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Restrictions to ease on Friday
With hospitalisation numbers and community transmission decreasing and more than half of Victorians aged over 16 now vaccinated with three doses, a number of common-sense restrictions and recommendations in place during the state’s Omicron surge can be safely eased. From 6pm tomorrow, as part of new pandemic orders to be signed by the Minister for…