THE TRUTH ABOUT: 3 - Caught on Camera

From close contact isolation rules to masks, here's what COVID-19 restrictions Victoria has ditched

Victoria ditches mask rules in certain settings and isolation requirements for close contacts of positive cases.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

Vic eases COVID-19 close contact rules

Victoria will ease a number of COVID-19 restrictions including scrapping the vaccine mandate for hospitality venues and masks for primary schools students.

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

Primary school children in Victoria set to no longer have to wear masks in the classroom in term 2

Health minister Martin Foley to ‘reconsider all health orders’ including mask requirements once Covid cases hit expected plateau later this month

The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2022

Hospitality business calls for COVID isolation exemption in face of new wave

Victoria's hospitality industry is bracing for another tough period as COVID cases creep up again in the state, but one venue says a change to restrictions could soften blow.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

Doctor slams Portland District Health regional hospital reasons to pause maternity unit

More than 30 expectant women are told they can't give birth at south-west Victoria's Portland hospital due to a lack of midwives. However that may not be the case.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2022

Victoria records 18 COVID-19 deaths, all elective surgery set to resume by March

The Premier says international travellers only requiring two doses when visiting the country complicates any potential booster mandate for Victorians.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2022

Victoria records 20 new COVID-19 deaths, 441 people in hospital

It takes the number of officially reported active infections to 50,967, after 8,162 new cases were recorded.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2022

Victoria records 13 COVID-19 deaths, Code Brown to lift in Victorian hospitals

The government has announced more elective surgeries will be able to resume in response to dropping hospitalisations, as the state records another 8,521 COVID-19 cases.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Victoria records 36 new COVID-19 deaths as government sets date for some elective surgery to resume

Some elective surgery will resume in Victoria from Monday, the Health Minister says, as the state records 11,240 new COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022