People who test positive are strongly recommended to tell close contacts and encourage them to get tested, but the department of health will no longer trace or manage these contacts. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning However, the department of health will continue to manage emerging outbreaks of concern and “super-spreader events” and will still impose a quarantine period on contacts on a case-by-case basis. But it means exposure in places like offices, restaurants or nightclubs won’t automatically result in quarantine for the patrons or staff, who previously would have been designated primary close contacts at tier one exposure sites. These close contacts will still be required to get a standard PCR test and isolate until they get a negative result. The health minister, Martin Foley, said while Victorians who test positive for Covid-19 will have to isolate, the vast majority of people who come into contact with a confirmed positive case outside of their home won’t have to self-quarantine. The state recorded 1,007 new cases and 12 deaths overnight. There were 337 people in hospital and 63 of those were in intensive care. Hospital numbers were also falling, Andrews said, giving the government confidence to further reopen.
“We will see more cases, but they will become less of relevance because we have so many people vaccinated.” “That normality that we have all craved, we are able to deliver that as a result of the amazing work that Victorians have done in getting vaccinated in record time, and in record numbers,” Andrews said. Customers in retail will no longer need to wear masks after 15 December. Masks will only need to be worn in high-risk settings, including for primary school staff and visitors, for students in years 3 to 6, for workers serving the public at hospitality venues, for workers and customers at indoor retail, for visitors and select workers in hospitals or care facilities, and for people using public transport, taxi/rideshare and planes.
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