Premier Dan Andrews is to release Victoria’s roadmap out of lockdown a day after protests in Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay and Brisbane. Follow updates live
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As we know, today’s the day Victoria will find out what life will look like beyond the 70% double vaccination mark.
The premier, Daniel Andrews, has tried to manage expectations in the lead up, but we expect some changes around travel restrictions and rules about hospitality venues.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants governments to stop using vaccination as the only marker for easing public health restrictions.
The organisation’s federal body put out a statement this morning calling on national cabinet to approach the easing of measures “progressively and with caution” and to include “pause and assess periods” in its recovery plans “to ensure strong control of new infection numbers are maintained”.
When implementing the national plan we must be realistic, careful and test each change and the impact of measures before moving to the next phase, given that there are thousands of Covid-19 cases in the community.
It must also take account of vulnerable communities, such as Indigenous and those in regional and rural areas, because the plan is only as good as the vaccination rates in those vulnerable communities.
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