Health authorities are confident they can ease restrictions over the next week, but it could depend on whether Victorians follow this directive.
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Authorities remain confident they can ease restrictions over the next week, but Victorians are being urged to keep getting tested.
It comes as the Health Department continues to chase the source of a group of recent mystery cases, with a decision on crowds at AFL games likely to be made later in the week.
Chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton said on Sunday that Victoria was well positioned.
“We’re on track for more easing in regional Victoria and the same for metropolitan Melbourne,” he said.
“Exactly what that will look like is to be determined.
“The closer you are to that declaration, if you like, the greater the confidence you can have that that’s an appropriate step.”
Prof Sutton it was still too early to know what the advice would be for crowds at the footy, with games scheduled in Victoria next week.
He said daily testing numbers, which have dropped in recent days, wouldn’t be the only issue deciding restrictions but urged Victorians with symptoms to keep coming forward.
The state recorded one new positive case on Sunday, a close contact linked to the Arcare Maidstone outbreak, but not an aged care resident.
There are now 68 active cases of Covid-19 in Victoria, and Freshwater Place at Southbank has been named a tier 2 exposure site.
When asked about recent mystery cases, including a couple who went to Queensland, Prof Sutton said authorities were still narrowing down the source of the infections.
“Some of them have moderately established links – not absolutely definitive, but a pretty good sign that they’re linked,” he said.
“The genomics tells us even more – that they’re the Kappa variant for some of them.
“It is not over yet and certainly we want that high level of testing to be able to give that assurance about any other cases that might be out there.”
Acting Premier James Merlino tipped a further easing of restrictions for regional Victoria towards the end of the week.
“Like every person in Victoria, I want to get back to the settings that we had a few weeks ago,’’ he said.
PUSH FOR NEW COVID INQUIRY
An Inquiry into the Victorian government’s handling of the pandemic would be reopened under a bold push by the state opposition, who claim 30 “fundamental mistakes” have led to outbreaks and lockdowns in the past six months.
The Liberal Nationals will on Monday seek the support of Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) members to reopen the Inquiry.
The last report, which was tabled in Parliament in February, was set up “in recognition of the importance of providing information to the public during this unprecedented crisis”.
But since December last year, more “fundamental mistakes” have been made, the state opposition claim.
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