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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a state of disaster has been declared from 6pm on Sunday in addition to the state of emergency.
Andrews announced 671 new cases of Covid-19 and seven deaths along with the new stage four restrictions.
Metropolitan Melbourne has been put under a curfew from 8pm tonight. This will run from 8pm to 5am every day.
“The only reason to be out of your home between the hours of 8pm and 5am is to get care, to give care, or to go to and from work or be at work. We can no longer have people visiting others. We can no longer have people simply out and about for no good reason whatsoever,” Andrews said.
Recreational activity has been banned and exercise limited to one hour each day.
Regional Victoria will also go into stage 3 restrictions from midnight on Wednesday.
The restrictions will apply for six weeks.
“I have a new series of stage four restrictions to announce,” Andrews said.
“There will be additional limits to the four reasons to leave home. You will no longer be able to leave home and go any further away from your home than a 5km radius.
“You will not be able to be at any point more than 5km away from your home for the purposes of shopping for what you need.
Statement on Melbourne moving to Stage 4 restrictions: pic.twitter.com/mFu1Kr1NO0
— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) August 2, 2020
“Only one person will be able to go shopping once per day and they will need to secure the goods and services that you need within a 5km radius.”
Andrews said “recreational” activity is no longer allowed in metropolitan Melbourne.
He said this means no more than two people exercising, no more than 5km from home.
“You will be able to have one hour of exercise, no further than 5km from your home,” he said.
“That means it’s fresh air. It’s a jog. It’s a walk. It’s in your local neighbourhood. It is staying close to home or in your home.
Dear Melbourne, We’re all with you. We understand how hard this is and we wish we had a magic wand. But please do the right thing, stay home, get tested. No panic buying. Even in Stage 4 supermarkets will stay open and you can buy food. And ask for help if you’re struggling xx
— tracy grimshaw (@tracygrimshaw) August 1, 2020
“And there will no longer be able to be groups any bigger than two, regardless of whether they’re from your family or someone else.”
He said daily exercise is an opportunity to do “just that” and not an opportunity “to live our lives as if this pandemic was not real, and was not literally the biggest challenge we’ve perhaps ever faced”.
Andrews said: “Ultimately, all of these changes are about limiting movement.”
Andrews said regional Victoria will move to stage 3 restrictions.
“It is with some regret but given the significant community transmission and the growing case numbers, and the fact we need to stay ahead of this in regional Victoria, from midnight next Wednesday, regional Victoria will move to stage three restrictions,” he said.
“That’s stay at home, except for the four reasons to leave. That will mean restaurants, cafes, bars, gyms, a whole range of other settings will need to close from midnight next Wednesday.
“That is not the position we wanted to be in but we cannot have a situation where this continues to grow and grow in regional Victoria and then we have a situation where as we are perhaps bringing stability and reduced numbers to metropolitan Melbourne, we have a problem that is even larger and spread right across regional Victoria.
“We just can’t have that. So those changes will come into effect from midnight Wednesday night. That gives all of those who are most affected, that gives them time. The time will be important to businesses who will need to move to a home delivery or takeaway only model.”
