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Party plans canned as COVID rules tightened – The Age
Rebecca Andrews was expecting a big party with her family for her 40th birthday. Instead, she had to tell half of them they wouldn’t be able to attend.
The new restrictions were announced after a 26-year-old hotel quarantine worker tested positive for the virus.
From 11.59 on February 3, masks became mandatory indoors and the 75 per cent return to work was paused.
A Health Department spokesperson said on Monday there were no time limits on the new restrictions.
COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said on Sunday he expected the 15-person cap on household gatherings to continue until the state recorded 14 days of no community transmission.
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