Health
‘Simply not on’: Premier warns against city escape as regional Victoria opens up – Brisbane Times
Melburnians trying to decamp to holiday homes after the easing of restrictions in regional Victoria will face hefty fines and beefed up police checkpoints.
“This is very serious, very, very serious,” Mr Andrews said. “We cannot have people making unnecessary and unlawful trips to regional Victoria and potentially taking the virus with them.”
He warned fines would be issued and an increased number of cars stopped.
Mr Andrews said this would result in “significant queues”, but regional Victorians “jealously guard” their low virus status and wanted to keep it that way.
Overall, there were 42 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Victoria on Tuesday and…
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