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The entire state of Victoria could be forced back into lockdown if the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said on Wednesday morning the whole state could be shutdown if the localised lockdowns announced on Tuesday did not stop the spread of the virus.

'If we don't get control of this really quickly we will end up with … a whole state shutdown,' Mr Andrews said. 

Victoria has a population of 6.4 million, the second biggest state in terms of population behind New South Wales.

Mr Andrews is putting 36 suburbs within 10 postcodes into lockdown from 11.59pm on Wednesday as the number of coronavirus cases keeps rising in the state. 

Victorians living within those areas will only be allowed out of the home to work or go to school and for food shopping, giving care and daily exercise.

Over the past three days alone, the state has identified 212 new cases of the deadly respiratory infection - including 73 on Wednesday. 

The warning by the Victorian premier comes as the NSW government announced on Wednesday morning it will ban people entering the state from the 36 Melbourne suburbs which have been locked down - and is threatening an $11,000 fine or six months in jail for those who do not comply.

Premier Daniel Andrews speaking to the media on Tuesday as he announced 10 postcodes - comprising a population of about 311,000 - would be locked down to slow a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. He has warned the entire state of Victoria could be forced back into lockdown if the number of new coronvirus cases continues to rise

This map shows the suburbs which will be subject to stay-at-home orders from Wednesday at 11.59pm after a spike in coronavirus cases

• 3012 (Brooklyn, Kingville, Maidstone, Tottenham, West Footscray)
• 3021 (Alban Vale, Kealba, Kings Park, St Albans)
• 3032 (Ascot Vale, High Point City, Maribyrnong, Travancore)
• 3038 (Keilor Downs, Keilor Lodge, Taylors Lakes, Watergardens)
• 3042 (Airport West, Keilor Park, Niddrie)
• 3046 (Glenroy, Hadfield, Oak Park)
• 3047 (Broadmeadows, Dallas, Jacana)
• 3055 (Brunswick South, Brunswick West, Moonee Vale, Moreland West)
• 3060 (Fawkner)
• 3064 (Craigieburn, Donnybrook, Mickleham, Roxburgh Park and Kalkallo)

He said his public health advisors told him the move was necessary to stop 'shutting down all postcodes later'.

'This is not over. This is so wildly infectious that even minor breaches of the rules can lead to this random movement of the virus around the community,' he told 3AW.

Mr Andrews added a 'booze bus-type arrangement' on main roads through the area would enforce the lockdown. 

'There will be random checks about why people are out of their house and if they have a valid reason,' he said.

'I hope we don't have to issue any fines but unless you enforce these rules they won't be followed.'  

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has said meanwhile anyone from those areas caught in his state could face six months in jail and an $11,000 fine from 11.59pm tonight.  

The curve in Victoria has skyrocketed over the past couple of weeks as coronavirus infections continue to grow from within the suburbs of Melbourne

NSW residents coming back from those hotspots are allowed to return home but must isolate at home for 14 days. 

Mr Hazzard said he was 'still working through' how police will enforce the rule - but said one option would be to quiz drivers with Victorian licence plates on where they have been. 

Queensland announced a similar policy on Tuesday and went further by requiring residents returning from those hotspots to pay for their own two-week quarantine before being allowed home. 

'Victorians living in virus hotspots have to take the Victorian and NSW health orders seriously and should be very aware that NSW will impose penalties if they seek to leave hotspot suburbs to enter NSW,' Mr Hazzard said today.

There will be exemptions such as to obtain urgent medical care or for compassionate reasons. 

Meanwhile, restrictions on entertainment venues, weddings, community sport and other gatherings will be eased in NSW from today but strict physical distancing measures remain in place.

 Masked interstate travellers pictured on arrival into Sydney Domestic Airport from Melbourne on June 24

Mr Hazzard said businesses should ensure they have a COVID Safety Plan outlining exactly how they will maintain a safe environment for their staff and customers.

'Until we have a vaccine, everyone has a role to play keeping the community safe, whether that is mum and dad at their kid's soccer match or your local café operator,' Mr Hazzard said.

'The NSW Government has always said with the easing of restrictions comes risk, so I urge everyone to maintain physical distancing, get tested if you feel unwell and stay home if sick.' 

The NSW government has also announced the state will not be accepting international flights from Melbourne - after Mr Andrews asked for the Prime Minister to divert all international flights away from the city for two weeks so the city does not have to quarantine returned travellers.

In a statement, the office for NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the nation's most populous state had already done its fair share by processing 30,000 returned travellers through quarantine over three months.

What you can and can't do in Victoria from TOMORROW: Everything you need to know about the state's strict new lockdown, which suburbs are affected - and the four reasons you can leave your house

• Stay-at-home orders come into effect for residents in 36 suburbs across Victoria from 11.59pm on Wednesday
• Lockdown comes after coronavirus cases throughout the state have skyrocketed in the last 14 days 
• Residents will only be able to leave their homes for work, exercise to receive or give care and food shopping
• Impacted suburbs include: St Albans, Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows, Kings Park, Brunswick West and South

Stay-at-home orders will be reintroduced for more than 310,000 residents in 36 suburbs across Victoria from 11.59pm on Wednesday following a spike in coronavirus cases.

Work, exercise, receiving care and food shopping will be the only legitimate reasons people in the suburbs which have been identified as coronavirus hotspots can leave the house.  

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews identified the locked down suburbs on Tuesday following 14 consecutive days of high COVID-19 diagnoses.

In the past two days alone, the state has identified 139 new cases of the deadly respiratory infection.  

Police will randomly pull cars over in Victoria to ensure the occupants are not from the locked down suburbs. Queensland will also stop Victorians entering the state while letting all other Australians in from July 10. Pictured: The border near the Gold Coast

After just four weeks of freedom, residents in those 10 postcodes will be banned from leaving their homes except for work and school, food shopping, giving care and daily exercise.

'These are the acceptable reasons to leave but only if you need to. It is not an opportunity to go shoe shopping, it is not an opportunity to be taking daily exercise for the whole day,' Mr Andrews said.

The decision comes after 'unacceptably high rates of community transmission and the unacceptably high rates of new cases'.

Daily Mail Australia takes a closer look at what Victorians living within impacted suburbs can and can't do from Wednesday. 

Going to work or school

Victorians living inside the locked down suburbs will still be able to attend work and school.

The state government will encourage people to work from home where possible.

During the initial lockdown, students were discouraged from attending classrooms and schools increasingly offered virtual classes to compensate for low attendance rates. 

It appears Mr Andrews is not looking to go down that avenue again and assured the public that attending school was a legitimate reason to leave their homes during the stay-at-home orders. 

Students are currently on school holidays in Victoria, but Mr Andrews said they would return to face-to-face learning when they open again.  

Victorians living inside the locked down suburbs will still be able to attend work and school. Pictured: Commuters getting off a train at Flinders Street Station

Military personnel are seen conducting testing at the new mobile testing site in Melbourne

Getting coffee or lunch with friends

Non-essential social activities will be banned from 11.59pm on Wednesday for people living in the impacted communities.  

Restaurants, gyms, pubs and all other non-essential services in the suburbs must once again close their doors. 

Affected businesses will be compensated with a government cash grant of $5,000. 

Residents from the ten postcodes will not be allowed to go on holiday and the government will announce a support package for affected tourism businesses tomorrow. 

They will also not be able to travel outside of their communities to visit non-essential services in other suburbs. 

Non-essential social activities will be banned from 11.59pm on Wednesday for people living in the impacted communities. Restaurants, gyms, pubs and all other non-essential services in the suburbs must once again close their doors

The Victorian government has implemented fresh lockdown measures as the state is swamped by a second wave of coronavirus

Exercising

Daily exercise will be permitted, as it was in the initial lockdown.

But Premier Andrews has already announced that people should not use that as an excuse to socialise and be outdoors longer than necessary.

'It is not an opportunity to be taking daily exercise for the whole day,' he said.

Police will patrol the suburbs subject to lockdown and are prepared to fine anybody breaking the rules.

'We have to limit the number of people who are going in and out of these post codes and sadly we have to ensure that residents, families within these post codes, do not leave their home other than for those four permitted reasons and, again, only when they need to,' Mr Andrews said.

'Police will be actively — actively — enforcing these suburban lockdowns, this stay-at-home order.

'They will be patrolling throughout these communities and if people are out of their home then they will be politely asked why are you out of your home and if you are out of your home for anything other than a permitted reason then on-the-spot fines apply.' 

Daily exercise will be permitted, as it was in the initial lockdown. But Premier Andrews has already announced that people should not use that as an excuse to socialise and be outdoors longer than necessary

Shopping for non essentials

In line with stay-at-home orders, any non essential shopping will be forbidden for the next four weeks for people within these communities.

Non-essential businesses within the suburbs will be forced to close, and people will not be able to travel outside of their regions for shopping.

Police will be enforcing the orders with random vehicle checks similar to random breath tests and will dish out on-the-spot fines.

Premier Daniel Andrews said the lockdown was 'deeply painful' and 'damaging for businesses' but insisted that it was necessary.

'If we don't take these steps now we will be locking down every postcode,' he said. 

Shopping for food and essentials

Shopping for food and essential goods will be considered a legitimate reason to leave home during the four week lockdown.

Grocery shopping, visiting a pharmacy or doctor will all fall under this category. 

Still, residents cannot leave their postcodes except for essential work purposes. 

Booze bus-type checkpoints will be set up at the main entrances and exits into the suburbs, where police will be waiting to stop cars randomly to question where they're heading.  

“So not necessarily every vehicle, but vehicles will be stopped randomly... in an organised and coordinated way and people moving in and out of the suburb will be asked to identify themselves,” Mr Andrews said.

In line with stay-at-home orders, any non essential shopping will be forbidden for the next four weeks for people within these communities

Community sport 

Community sport within the impacted suburbs has again been suspended.

The stay-at-home orders will be in place until at least July 29, when they will be reassessed depending on the level of community transmission and active cases.

Care or care giving   

Anybody seeking care or responsible for the care of another person will be able to continue as usual.

They are encouraged to maintain social distancing practices where possible and follow the correct hygiene practices.

People living in locked down suburbs can leave their homes and towns if they are providing or receiving essential care that is not available to them within their regions. 

Victorians living outside of these locked down communities will begin enjoying eased conditions in the coming days and weeks.

Five guests at a time are permitted inside homes, while up to 10 people can gather together outdoors for recreational purposes.

Cafes, restaurants and other hospitality venues are also welcoming patrons in spite of the uptick in COVID-19 cases throughout the state.

People living outside the flagged suburbs are also welcome to travel within the state and can visit New South Wales - though Premier Gladys Berejiklian has restricted any Victorian from visiting sporting events until the virus is again brought under control. 

 Visiting relatives

 Visiting relatives who live inside the locked down community will not be allowed.

The only exception to this rule will be visiting relatives or dependents who require immediate care.

Authorities are still considering whether the same rules will apply for people in a relationship with somebody who lives in a locked down suburb.

An answer will likely be announced on Wednesday. 

Rules forcing patients to stay in their homes could be enforced more strictly with daily check-ups. Pictured: Community engagement teams are door knocking residents in coronavirus hotspots to provide additional information about the virus

In a new testing blitz across the hotspot suburbs, officials will be knocking on doors and offering people on-the-spot swabs.

'Please, on behalf of every Victorian family, if you, or a family member, get a knock on the door and the offer of a test, please say yes,' Mr Andrews said.

During a testing blitz over the weekend, 928 people refused to get tested in Broadmeadows and Keilor Downs alone.

The PM has not yet answered his request.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton confirmed Victoria was suffering a second wave after recording zero cases on 5 June.

'The virus seems to have been snuffed out in early June. There is no evidence of any original virus from February, March, around currently,' he said.

Victoria recorded 64 new cases of the virus on Tuesday. The number, down from the 75 reported on Monday, is the state's sixth-worst figure since the pandemic began.

On Monday night Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke to Premier Daniel Andrews and urged him to shut down 'hotspot' suburbs before the outbreak gets worse.

The state's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the government was considering 'anything required' to stop the spread.

A mobile testing site is set up in Keilor Downs, Melbourne, amid the spike in COVID-19 cases

Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday afternoon revealed 928 residents in the two Melbourne suburbs had refused the swab