Nine public housing towers housing 3,000 residents were also added, with the additional condition that residents could not leave the tower under any circumstances for five days, with the possibility of an extension to 14 days. On 4 July, the Victorian Government announced two more postcodes affected by the lockdown until 29 July 2020. The Government response to the interim report was published in November.
Andrews noted that "it is abundantly clear that what has gone on here is completely unacceptable and we need to know exactly what has happened." An interim report was published on 6 November, and the inquiry's final report was published on 21 December. The inquiry was delayed by lockdown restrictions. The Inquiry was to "… examine the operation of Victoria's hotel quarantine program for returning travellers." It was headed by retired judge Jennifer Coate, and was scheduled to deliver its report to the Governor by 25 September. This followed some cases of coronavirus in Victoria being linked by DNA sequencing to a breach in hotel quarantine infection control. On 2 July, the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the "Judicial Inquiry into Hotel Quarantine Program". Residents there would need to comply with the four acceptable reasons to leave their houses: shopping for essentials for medical or compassionate needs exercise in compliance with the public gathering restriction of two people and for work or education purposes. On 30 June, the Victorian Government re-enforced local lockdowns across 10 different Melbourne postcodes. From 22 June, households could once again only have five visitors and most easing of restrictions that were to take place were postponed. On 20 June, the Victorian Government re-tightened restrictions on household gatherings following a spike in community transmitted cases over the previous week, reported to be mainly caused by family-to-family transmission in large household gatherings.
Gate 2 of the Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the 2020 AFL Grand Final, which was played in Brisbane The statement was issued that those who presented with fever or chills, in the absence of any other alternative diagnosis that explained the issue, or acute respiratory infection characterised by coughing, sore throat or shortness of breath should be tested for coronavirus. On 14 April, Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos announced that Victoria would have the widest coronavirus testing in Australia, with anyone having COVID-19 symptoms able to get tested. On 22 March, the school holiday was brought forward from 27 to 24 March. It was extended further on 11 May, and again on 19 July to 16 August. Ī state of emergency was declared on 16 March, which was extended on 12 April, with existing directions remaining in place including staying at home, restrictions on particular activities, detention, restrictions on airports and cruise ships, aged care, hospitals and isolation for people diagnosed with COVID-19.
These included cancelling major sporting events, requiring entire economic sectors to work from home, and calling recently retired health professionals to return to work. On 10 March, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews warned Victorians to expect "extreme measures" in the wake of the federal government updating the travel advice for Italy.
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