Melbourne stage 4 restrictions and Covid lockdown rules explained
by Josh Taylor from on (#56GKQ)
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has announced tough new stage four coronavirus restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne, including an overnight curfew
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Stage four restrictions have been introduced across metropolitan Melbourne from Sunday 2 August for six weeks.
Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, said the restrictions have been brought in to get community transmission - cases where the source of the transmission cannot be determined - under control. Andrews said government modelling showed that without these measures, stage three restrictions would need to last six months.
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