![]() Victoria has now administered over five million COVID-19 vaccine doses, with 89 per cent of the population having had one dose of the vaccine and 65.5 per cent now fully vaccinated.Īndrews thanked the community for their efforts in coming forward to get vaccinated, which he said have allowed the government to ease Melbourne’s lockdown restrictions. “So there is every reason - every reason - to get vaccinated like so many Victorians already have.” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced an early easing of Victoria's lockdown restrictions. Some of whom are gravely unwell, gasping for air, they are not vaccinated, not fully vaccinated, almost all of them,” he said. ![]() “They are not numbers, they are people that are very, very unwell. Credit: AAPĪndrews said it was important to note that 90 per cent of those in hospital, and 97 per cent of those in intensive care, were not fully vaccinated. Victoria is forecast to reach its 70 per cent vaccination milestone as early as Thursday. “Vaccination rates are increasing significantly there (City of Casey) but from a low base, that is why that vulnerability is reflected in the numbers,” he said. Outdoor venues will increase from 20 to 100 vaccinated people per venue.That’s a 37 percent drop from where it was two weeks ago, according to the department’s data. However, Hawaii’s Department of Health reported 461 new COVID-19 cases last Monday, bringing the seven-day average for new cases to 567. Indoor settings, including restaurants, cafes and gyms, will allow up to 30 fully vaccinated people per venue In late August, Hawaii reported a one-day-high of new COVID-19 cases on back-to-back days.In regional Victoria, the following easing of restrictions have been announced: 30, 2021 at 3:25 PM PDT HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While the governor made it clear Sunday that there are no current plans for a shutdown. Masks will still be required both indoors and outdoors.Large scale construction will increase to 100 per cent capacity for fully vaccinated workers only.Indoor settings, such as restaurants and cafes, will be able to open to 20 fully vaccinated people.Most outdoor settings will open to 50 people per venue only for fully vaccinated people e.g outdoor cafes, cinemas, pools.Religious gatherings, weddings and funerals will allow up to 50 people outdoors and 20 people indoors (if fully vaccinated).Childcare will be open to children whose parents are fully vaccinated.Travel between regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne will only be allowed for permitted reasons.The curfew and 15km travel restriction will be lifted.Up to 10 people (including dependents) per day will be able to visit homes in both regional and metropolitan Melbourne.Metropolitan Melbourne restrictions easing Merkel said she would hold another meeting with the governors on March 3 to reassess the lockdown measures again.There are changes to a number of current restrictions involving home visits, travel, childcare, hospitality, religious gatherings and weddings. As an intensive care doctor I am therefore telling you: this is irresponsible.” “The kids carry it into the families, and most teachers are not vaccinated. “Schools and kindergartens are unfortunately places where the virus is passed on,” DIVI President Gernot Marx told the Rheinische Post daily newspaper. The government is also looking into the possibility of giving vaccines to kindergarten staff and primary school teachers sooner.Īhead of the meeting, the head of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, or DIVI, warned that the reopening of schools and kindergartens would lead to virus infections to re-emerge. Merkel and the governors agreed that states will be able to gradually open schools provided there are hygiene measures in place to curb the spread of the virus. However, the country's strained medical personnel have demanded that the lockdown be extended in its current strict form. In Germany, state governments have extensive powers - including authority over education. Several governors have argued for reopening kindergartens and elementary schools first, to relieve parents of the burden of home schooling and make sure that underprivileged children don't fall too far behind. The reopening of schools has been a major point of contention between the federal and state governments. “We can be very satisfied,” said Merkel, expressing thanks to those who had helped drive down numbers by respecting lockdown rules and refraining from travel and unnecessary contacts.īut she warned that the new virus variants posed the risk of a “third wave” that could only be prevented if authorities were able to once again track and trace all new cases. ![]() Merkel noted that the infection rate had dropped from 110 in just over two weeks and added that the government’s key target was “in sight.” ![]() It peaked at nearly 200 just before Christmas. The government’s goal is to push the number below 50 to enable reliable contact-tracing. The weekly number of new infections has dropped to 68 per 100,000 inhabitants. ![]()
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