Restrictions ease in Melbourne City from Midnight Thursday 21 October
The population of Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, celebrate their freedom after the latest isolation restrictions were lifted this Friday, October 22 and the also capital of the state of Victoria had won the title of ‘the city with the longest confinement in the world ‘.
Melbourne was under restrictions for 262 days due to the pandemic, almost nine months, with six different lockdowns since March 2020.
The last isolation, which had been in force since the beginning of August, came to an end. With the new measure, fully vaccinated people can go as a group to bars, restaurants and hairdressers in the city.
“Thanks to the incredible efforts of millions of Victorians who flocked to get vaccinated very quickly, Victoria’s lockdown has been lifted and the state can now proceed to further relax quarantine rules,” said Victoria’s Prime Minister.
He added that Victoria came out of lockdown after reaching 70% double-dose vaccination, and that the state is expected to reach the 80% target in the first week of November.
The state will also lift quarantine requirements for international arrivals from November 1, so fully vaccinated travelers from abroad will be able to enter Victoria without spending 14 days locked up in a hotel.
The state health director said that he hopes that the lifting of the restrictions means that we can “begin to enjoy many things that we have missed for so long, especially seeing loved ones and friends, and unvisited places.”
Melbourne public transport ready and prepared for this new wave of good news All Night Network train, tram, bus and V/Line coach services will resume the normal timetable from Friday 29 October.
From 6pm on Friday 29 October, restrictions will ease further, as the state records an 80% vaccination rate. This will mean restrictions are the same across Victoria for those who are vaccinated.
Changes have been made to Night Network buses, including extending 21 busy regular routes to run to 24-hour service on weekends and introducing 13 special routes that will operate after midnight on weekends.
QR codes are installed on trams, trains and buses as well as tram stops in the Free Tram Zone, Metro and V/Line stations and replacement bus stops (when operating).
Not being more, we always have to take into account to be prepared and prevented, for this reason the public service offers Register your myki so they can contact you if you’ve traveled on a public transport service identified as a COVID-19 exposure site.
