Brimbank residents are one step closer to normality, with a number of COVID-19 restrictions to ease on Friday night.
On Sunday, Premier Daniel Andrews announced, that 80 per cent of Victorians aged 16 an over were expected to be fully vaccinated by later this week, triggering the next stage in the state’s reopening roadmap.
The milestone means restrictions will be eased at 6pm on Friday.
Among the changes is that there will no longer be different rules for metropolitan and regional Victoria.
Community sport can return, while masks are no longer mandatory outdoors.
Melburnians will be able to travel to regional Victoria from Friday night.
Mr Andrews also announced a range of changes to restrictions for when Victoria hits 90 per cent double dose vaccinated for people aged 12 and over.
This is expected about November 24.
At this point, caps or density quotients will be removed for all settings, and masks will only be mandatory indoors in some high-risk settings such as hospitals, aged care, public transport and justice and correctional facilities.
There will be no restrictions for indoor and outdoor events provided they follow COVIDSafe rules including vaccination requirements.
Mr Andrews said the state government was delivering on what it had promised.
“Victorians have met this challenge beyond any of our expectations and these vaccination rates are an incredible achievement. We’re on our way to being one of the most vaccinated – and therefore one of the safest – places in the entire world,” he said.
