Below is a summary of restrictions that will come into effect at 11:59pm 12 February across all of Victoria until 11:59pm Wednesday 17 February as announced by Premier Daniel Andrews in his recent public statement.
There are only 4 reasons to leave home and the 5km rule is in place:
- Shopping for necessary goods and services (one person per household, once per day, a support person can accompany if required)
- Caregiving or compassionate reasons
- Essential work or permitted education
- Exercise (can leave for two hours of exercise)
Face masks must been worn both in and out doors unless an exemption applies
CLOSED
- Public and private gatherings
- Schools
- Higher education and training
- Religious gatherings and ceremonies
- Indoor physical recreation and sport
- Play centres, indoor skateparks, indoor trampolining centres
- Swimming pools, hydrotherapy pools, spas, saunas, steam rooms, springs
- Other/general retail
- Auction houses
- Hairdressing, beauty, personal care
- Hospitality – Dine in service
- Real estate services
OPEN
- Early learning centres, childcare, family day care
- Essential retail
- Hospitality – take away only
- Funerals (indoor and outdoor) restrictions apply
- Weddings (indoor and outdoor) restrictions apply
The full table of restrictions which includes definitions relating to essential workers and services can be downloaded here.