Victorian hospitality venues and some retail businesses will be able to reopen in outdoor areas once Victoria reaches its 70 per cent full-vaccination target.
Places of worship and community sport will also be able to resume, under the state's roadmap out of restrictions outlined by Premier Daniel Andrews.
Once Victoria hits the 70 per cent double-dose target, expected around October 26, there will be no limits on travel and outdoor gatherings of 50 people will be allowed.
By Christmas Day, up to 30 visitors will be allowed to the home, if the 80 per cent full vaccination target is met, under the state's five-step plan.
Once the state reaches 80 per cent single-dose coverage, contactless recreation including golf, tennis and bowls will be permitted.
Activities and freedoms will only be available to fully vaccinated people and the Andrews government is also moving to make vaccines mandatory for all authorised workers, teachers, childcare workers, parents of childcare workers, hospitality workers and patrons.
Healthcare workers must have had one dose by October 15, with dates for other sectors to come.
But from tonight, Geelong, the Surf Coast and the Mitchell Shire will re-enter lockdown for seven days due to increased cases in the region.
Schools to gradually reopen from October 5
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)Once Victoria hits the 70 per cent target, expected around October 26, there will be no limits on travel and outdoor gatherings of 50 people will be allowed.
At that stage, hospitality will be able to open with up to 50 people allowed outdoors. The government will once again support businesses to use street space outside their premises.
Swimming pools and community facilities will also be opened in limited numbers for fully vaccinated people.
Under the long-anticipated roadmap out of Victoria's marathon restrictions, schools will gradually reopen from October 5, starting with year 12 students.
Prep students will return three days a week from October 18, and students in years 1 and 2 will return for two days a week.
The following week, students in other years levels will return on a part-time basis. Year 7, 11 and 12 will be able to attend five days a week from October 26.
Visitors to the home will remain banned until the state hits 80 per cent of the 16+ population fully vaccinated, with five people allowed as a first step.
It's expected step 4 – when 80 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated – will be met on November 5.
Interstate travel will be subject to other states' rules and may allow vaccinated people to travel.
But intrastate travel will resume and all retail and hospitality will resume with density limits of one person per four square metres.
Hair and beauty businesses will be able to reopen but only for fully vaccinated staff and customers.
Religious ceremonies will also grow once the 80 per cent target is met and there will be room for a limited number of unvaccinated worshippers or mourners but the vast majority will need to have had two jabs.
Childcare will reopen to the general public on October 26 but only for children whose parents are both fully vaccinated.
Hospital system could still be overrun with lockdowns, modelling says
The roadmap is underpinned by modelling from the Burnet Institute and in line with the National Cabinet plan, which relies on Doherty Institute modelling.
Even without any easing of restrictions, the Burnet Institute modelling reveals there is a "moderate" risk of exceeding the state's health capacity.
Based on current growth rate of cases, Victoria is expected to hit a peak of between 1,400 and 2,900 daily cases between October 19 and 31.
The institute warns that once Victoria reopens under this framework, there is a 63 per cent chance hospital demand will exceed 2,500 people, with a peak in mid-October.
It also forecasts a second peak in mid-December once restrictions have been eased.
But under the roadmap, if there was a 15 per cent reduction in non-household transmission through public health measures, including increased testing, the risk of hospital demand exceeding 2,500 could be significantly reduced.
More to come.
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