With 92% of Victorians double vaccinated, the state government has just amended its vaccine segregation policy.
In particular, the unvaccinated can now attend non-essential retail, real estate, places of worship, weddings and funerals. But they will still be blocked from attending hair and beauty, as well as hospitality and gyms. Masks will also remain mandatory in retail settings.
Below are extracts from Health Minister Martin Foley’s media release:
The mandatory vaccination requirement will be removed for all customers in retail, except hair and beauty services, and will also be removed in real estate, places of worship, weddings and funerals. Mask settings in retail remain unchanged.
Under the pandemic orders, restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs are still only open to fully vaccinated patrons and staff. Workers are required to wear masks.
Face masks no longer need to be worn at weddings, funerals, or ceremonial settings. If these events are held at places of worship there will not be any vaccination requirements or limits on participants, nor any requirement for organisers to check vaccination status. If the ceremony is at a hospitality setting, vaccine requirements will apply.
Nonetheless, Victoria’s rules remain far more strict than NSW’s where vaccine segregation was scrapped from today.
