{"id":50071,"date":"2021-06-02T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T02:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=50071"},"modified":"2021-06-02T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T02:30:07","slug":"melbourne-to-extend-lockdown-for-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/news\/melbourne-to-extend-lockdown-for-seven-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne To Extend Lockdown For Seven Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino has announced Melbourne will extend its lockdown for another seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 11:59pm tomorrow, there are still just the same reasons to leave home, but you will be able to travel 10km outside of your home, broadened from 5km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other new changes from tomorrow include students in Year 11 and 12 returning to face to face learning and outdoor jobs, like landscaping and painting, will be added to the permitted list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All other restrictions, including mask wearing, remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who need a refresher, these include five reasons to leave the house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>shopping for necessary goods and services<\/li><li>authorised work or permitted education<\/li><li>exercise \u2013 a 2-hour limit with one other person<\/li><li>care giving, compassionate, and medical reasons,<\/li><li>to get vaccinated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are further restrictions and contingencies regarding these, outlined below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Masks must be worn everywhere, indoors and outdoors, anywhere other than your home, unless an exemption applies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There are to be no visitors to your home other than an intimate partner. 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If you live alone, you can make a bubble with another person.<\/li><li>No public gatherings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Victoria will see an easing of conditions from 11:59pm tomorrow &#8211; dependant on testing over the next 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The five reasons to leave home will be removed and there will be no limit on the distance you can travel from home.<\/li><li>You can only travel to Melbourne for a permitted reason and you must follow Melbourne restrictions once you are there.<\/li><li>Outdoor gathering limits can occur with up to 10 people.<\/li><li>Gatherings are no longer limited to two people, and infants under 12 months are not included in that cap.<\/li><li>Food and hospitality will be open for seated service only, with a cap of 50 people per venue, subject to density requirements of one per 4 square metres.<\/li><li>Retail can open and personal services such as beauty and tattooing can resume for services where masks can remain on. Religious gatherings and ceremonies are permitted for 50 people plus one faith leader indoors or outdoors.<\/li><li>Gathering limits for weddings will be 10 people and for funerals, 50 mourners. Junior outdoor community sport will return and adults will be able to resume training outdoors.<\/li><li>Outdoor pools, including swimming classes can operate with a limit of 50 people with a density quota of one per 4 square metres.<\/li><li>Libraries and toy libraries can open with a cap of 50 people subject to density requirements.<\/li><li>Outdoor seated entertainment, seated and unseated will have a patron cap of 50 people or 50% of the venue\u2019s seating capacity, whichever is lower.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Getty<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino has announced Melbourne will extend its lockdown for another seven days. From 11:59pm tomorrow, there are still just the same reasons to leave home, but you will be able to travel 10km outside of your home, broadened from 5km. 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