Australia Covid update: as most Victoria restrictions lift next month, ‘vaccinated economy’ to stay for 2022

Unvaccinated Victorians to be banned from bookshops to football games until at least 2023, while similar restrictions in NSW to lift in December

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Melbourne will go from the world's most locked-down city to almost entirely free of restrictions next month, but the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has warned that a significantly expanded vaccinated economy" will remain for 2022.

Victoria is expected to reach an 80% vaccination rate for those aged 16 and older from Friday - a week ahead of the date forecast - and hit the 90% (for those aged 12 and older) mark by 24 November.

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