{"id":45067,"date":"2021-02-17T10:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T23:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=45067"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T23:54:18","slug":"victoria-exits-five-day-lockdown-with-some-restrictions-to-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/victoria-exits-five-day-lockdown-with-some-restrictions-to-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Exits Five Day Lockdown With Some Restrictions To Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 11.59pm tonight, Victoria will exit lockdown with most restrictions to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remaining restrictions include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You must where a wear a mask indoors where social distancing is not possible<\/li><li>Household gatherings are limited to 5 (not 15 as there was before the lockdown) and outside gatherings are limited to 20.<\/li><li>Weddings and funerals are allowed \u2013 the size of which, will depend on the density capacity of your venue.<\/li><li>School will reopen tomorrow.<\/li><li>Restaurants and retail can reopen for more than takeaway.<\/li><li>Community facilities, entertainment venues and all other public places can also reopen \u2013 although some additional limits on crowd sizes will be in place.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI of course acknowledge the very difficult circumstances that many have raised but there is simply no alternative to follow the health advice provided and indeed to reassert, the policy and the approach that saw us to what no other part of the world has done, defeat a second wave,\u201d Vic Premier Dan Andrews explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt makes sense to continue to listen to those experts and that is exactly what we intend to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you to everybody who has made this possible. A particular shout out to those who are in iso at home, and the nearly 40,000 people who just got tested in the last few days and the literally thousands of staff who have worked tirelessly to bring this outbreak, to run this outbreak to ground, just as we did in Black Rock when those cases came down from Sydney and just like we will do again if we have a case in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIndeed, when we have a case in the future. That is the nature of this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image: Getty \/Darrian Traynor Stringer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 11.59pm tonight, Victoria will exit lockdown with most restrictions to end. 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