UPDATED: A state of disaster has been declared in Victoria and some new lockdown rules will come into place from Sunday night in metropolitan Melbourne, including a curfew from 8pm to 5am for non-essential activities.
They will be in place for six weeks [until September 13].
Under the stage four rules:
- Exercise will be limited to one hour per day
- Only one person per household will be able to go out shopping within 5km of their home
- Remote learning will resume for all students from Wednesday
- Childcare will be closed except for vulnerable children and children of permitted workers
- Public transport will be restricted overnight
- Weddings will be banned from Thursday
- Funerals allowed and 10 mourners can leave Melbourne for regional funerals
- Organised sport will be banned
- Visits to intimate partners will be allowed outside 5km
- Cafes and restaurants can still open to sell takeaway food