Victoria's snap five-day lockdown will officially end at 11.59pm tonight.
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Premier Daniel Andrews made the anticipated announcement this morning, following a day without any new COVID-19 cases from almost 40,000 tests, the biggest day of testing on record in Victoria.
Coronavirus rules will be slightly more restrictive than last week, before lockdown was introduced.
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- Masks will still be required in all indoor settings and outdoor settings where 1.5 metres of socially distancing cannot be maintained.
- Visitor restrictions inside households will now be at five (instead of 15 last week).
- Only 20 people can gather at outdoor gatherings from any number of households.
- Return to work, both private and government, is back to 50 per cent capacity.
- Schools will reopen on Thursday and hospitality will return to their previous limits.
- Weddings, funerals and religious gatherings can also resume, subject to venue capacity density limits.
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"I am very pleased to be able to announce that as we indicated on Friday, this will be a five day short sharp circuit breaker," Mr Andrews said.
More to come.
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