Thread by @BelindaJones68

Dan Andrews presser on @abcnews now about emergency Cabinet meeting this morning

5 new cases (3 of those were announced y'day) - latest cases are close contacts of previous cases

19 total cases in VIC - 13 linked to Holiday Inn Cluster

24K+ tests yesterday
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Dan Andrews says the medical advice given to him is that they must assume there are more cases in the community, bcuz current cases are the UK strain which transmits so fast
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From 11:59 ALL of Victoria will go to Stage 4 restrictions for 5 days to 11:59 Wednesday

Reasons to leave home:
- Shopping for essentials
- Essential work
- Caregiving & compassionate reasons
- Exercise for 2 hours per day
- Stay within 5kms from your home
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- Masks must be worn everywhere
- No public or private gatherings
- Schools to close
- Childcare & early childhood centres will remain open
- Work from home if possible
- Places of worship are closed
- 10 ppl at funerals
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- Weddings are not permitted, unless on compassionate grounds
- Swimming pools closed, indoor sports closed, auctions, hairdressers, beauty salons closed

Short, sharp circuit-breaker lockdown
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Please continue to keep checking @VicGovDH for up-to-date information about Victoria's 5 day lockdown, which starts 11:59 pm tonight til Wed

Of course, if you have any symptoms whatsoever, please get tested, here's a list of testing sites👇
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https://twitter.com/VicGovDH/status/1360042221064441857?s=20

A summary from Dan Andrews about what's changing from 11:59pm tonight.
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https://twitter.com/DanielAndrewsMP/status/1360053088963338242?s=20

Dan Andrews says about hotel quarantine "There has to be a cold, hard discussion and I'm happy to lead it if I have to"

He says there's been a lot of discussion about quarantine being a fed responsibility- we MUST work together & he thanked the PM for working together
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