The state will not move from Stage 4 restrictions immediately back to Stage 1, saying it will be a “graduated process”.
I was not yet in a position to explain, but said it would be cautious.
We will endeavour to give people as much notice as we possibly can on what the next stage looks like. But I would just say that we’re not going from Stage 4 to Stage 1… We’re not going from Stage 4 rules to no rules.
It’ll have to be a graduated, cautious process because even at very low levels, the notion of just claiming victory and opening everything up again – those case numbers won’t stay low for very long.
Daniel Andrews
The Victorian Premier
The numbers were being “a bit stubborn” but three days below 150 was “not bad”.
I think they’ll continue on their downward trend, But a single day is not the whole pictures, the seven-day average is continuing to come down and I think it will carry on into next week and beyond.
‘We’re not going from Stage 4 rules to no rules.’
I hoped cases were below 100 by next week, which would be nearing the end of Stage 4 restrictions.
Brett Sutton
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer