'Because of everything Victorians have done, tomorrow we can start getting back to the things we love. On Thursday, Mr Andrews put out a tweet congratulating Victorians on reaching the 70 per cent vaccination target. Mildura residents will also be released from lockdown at midnight on Thursday, a day earlier than planned.īy then lockdown-weary residents will have spent 262 days under stay-at-home orders since the pandemic hit - surpassing that experienced by Argentinians. With 70 per cent of Victorians now vaccinated, Melburnians will on Friday be allowed to freely travel within the metropolitan region.
Victoria recorded its second-most new Covid cases ever on Thursday at 2,232 infections as residents wait out the final hours of their gruelling lockdown. Travellers coming into NSW from Victoria have to stay-at-home for 14 days but can leave home for essentials such as food, exercise, medical care or work or study if they can't do that at home.
The remainder of regional NSW is now classified as green zones and vaccinated people from there will simply require a permit to enter Victoria. Victoria is set to hit the 80 per cent milestone on the first week of November. Unfortunately, that would involve leaving Greater Sydney - something residents of the city and its surrounds are still banned from doing.įrom November 1, vaccinated Australians will be able to travel overseas from any state, however only NSW and Victoria will allow them back without quarantine.įully vaccinated travellers from states where more than 80 per cent of people are double-jabbed will be allowed to travel abroad freely. Locals from these areas can now enter Victoria on an orange zone permit, without any quarantine or testing necessary.Īnyone who isn't vaccinated requires a permit, must get tested within 72 hours and isolate until they receive a negative Covid-19 test result. It comes after Victoria announced vaccinated NSW residents would be welcomed into the state without having to quarantine.įrom midnight on Wednesday, red zones that applied to Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Shellharbour and Wollongong were officially scrapped. The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday night where attending ministers signed off on the plan. International arrivals touching down in Victoria will no longer be required to quarantine in a hotel for 14 days or at home from as early as next month (pictured, Melbourne Airport)
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