The Latrobe Valley in Gippsland, in the state's east, will enter a seven-day lockdown from 11:59 PM on Tuesday as the region fights to control a COVID outbreak.
Key points:
- Public health teams have significant concerns about onward transmission in the Latrobe Valley
- New rules only permit leaving the home for limited reasons: necessary goods and services, caregiving or compassionate reasons
- A number of today's new cases were infectious in the community for some days across three households in Moe, Morwell and Traralgon
Eighteen COVID cases have been reported in the LGA in recent days, with at least four more set to be reported in tomorrow's numbers.
The lockdown restrictions will be the same as those in metropolitan Melbourne, excluding the curfew.
The Victorian government said the public health teams have "significant concerns about onward transmission in the Latrobe Valley and have determined that the seven-day lockdown is needed to limit growth in cases, as it did in Ballarat and Geelong."
Under the lockdown, it is only permitted to leave home for limited reasons: necessary goods and services, caregiving or compassionate reasons (including medical care and getting a COVID-19 test), authorised work or permitted education, exercise and outdoor social interaction in limited groups and getting a COVID-19 vaccine locally.
It is also permissible to leave home to visit an intimate partner or single social bubble buddy. No other visitors are allowed in the home.
Shopping, exercise and outdoor social interaction will be limited to within 15 kilometres from the home. Masks will be mandatory indoors and outdoors and on public transport.
Residents cannot leave the City of Latrobe area and travel elsewhere in regional Victoria other than for limited reasons.
"If you're in the City of Latrobe, please follow the lockdown restrictions, get tested if you have symptoms, and get vaccinated if you haven't already," Acting Chief Health Officer Ben Cowie said.
"We've just seen the Ballarat and Geelong communities get through an outbreak so we know it can be done – it's vital we protect the local community and the rest of regional Victoria from significant outbreaks."
Earlier today, deputy secretary Kate Matson said a number of today's new cases were infectious in the community for some days across three households in Moe, Morwell and Traralgon.
Ms Matson said the cases were linked to a household gathering which took place over the weekend.
Additional testing capacity is being stood up in the Latrobe Valley to respond to the new cases.
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