By Mathew Dunckley
The Victorian government on Wednesday announced a further easing of coronavirus restrictions to apply from 11.59pm on Thursday July 8. In this article you will find a run through of the new rules for the state. It will be updated as new information becomes available so please check back for the latest information.
Health Minister Martin Foley said the changes would bring metropolitan Melbourne into line with the rules applying to regional Victoria.
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley has announced an easing of restrictionsCredit:Justin McManus
Masks
Masks will still be required in indoor, public-facing settings and must be carried at all times. But face coverings will no longer be mandatory in schools for students and staff or at workplaces where there is not public interaction such as offices and factories. workplaces will also be subject to a density limit of one person per 2 square metres.
Gatherings
Private gatherings in the home are limited to 15 visitors per day together or separately, including dependants (infants under 12 months not counted towards the cap)
Public gatherings are permitted up to 50 people.
Weddings, funerals and religious gatherings
There will be no set limit for religious gatherings but there will be a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres provided a COVID Check-in Marshall is present. If not, a 1 person per 4 square metre limit will apply.
Funerals will have 300 person limit subject to venue density caps.
Weddings will also have a 300 person limit subject to venue density caps and dance floors will return with a limit of 50 people.
Education
Schools can now operate with a density cap of 1 person per 2 square metres except in areas used by students. Higher education facilities will be subject to the same limit.
Hospitality
Food and drink facilities can open for a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating.
Dance floors permitted for up to 50 people providing COVID Check-in Marshall is operating.
Smaller venues can have up to 25 patrons before the density limit applies.
Entertainment and leisure
Indoor fixed seated entertainment can open with up to 75 per cent of seated capacity up to a maximum of 300 people per space with no group limit.
Outdoor fixed seated entertainment can open with up to 75 per cent of seated capacity up to a maximum of 1000 people per space with no group limit.
Indoor non-seated entertainment can open with up to 300 people per space under a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating otherwise a limit of 1 per person per 4 square metres apply. Dance floors of up to 50 people are allowed if a marshall is present.
Outdoor non-seated venues can open with a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating at the entrance to all non-seated spaces otherwise a limit of 1 per person per 4 square metres apply. There will be a limit of 300 people per indoor space and 1000 people per outdoor space.
Drive-in cinema can operate with no more than 1000 people per screen.
Retail
General retailers can open under a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating otherwise a limit of 1 per person per 4 square metres apply.
Venues can have up to 25 patrons before the density quotient applies and no COVID Check-in Marshall is required.
Hairdressers, beauty and personal care businesses will have no patron cap and can open under a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating otherwise a limit of 1 per person per 4 square metres apply.
Physical recreation and sport
Can open with a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating at the entrance to all non-seated spaces otherwise a limit of 1 per person per 4 square metres apply. There will be a cap of 300 people per indoor space and 1000 people outdoors. Spectators will be permitted up to the cap limits.
Hospital and care facility visitors
Two visitors at a time, up to five per day, except for end of life. Do not have to be from the same household and no time limit. Prospective residents in care facilities are permitted to visit.
Non-essential contractors are restricted from entry to hospitals.
Accommodation
Bookings are permitted for single households plus 15 visitors (including dependants but not infants under 12 months).
Real estate
Auctions and inspections are permitted with a density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres if a COVID Check-in Marshall is operating. The limit is 1 person per 4 square metres if no marshall is present.
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Mathew Dunckley is digital editor at The Age. Based in our Melbourne newsroom, he was previously business editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and Melbourne bureau chief for the Australian Financial Review.
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