(ANSA) - SYDNEY, OCTOBER 22 - Melbourne emerges from a nightmare that lasted nine months: from midnight the big Australian city came out of 262 days of anti-Covid-19 lockdown, imposed in well six shots since March 2020: the longest in the world , which breaks the previous record held by Buenos Aires, which had totaled 234 days. The announcement was made last Sunday by the premier of the state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, when the city passed the mark of 70% of its population fully vaccinated (89% received at least one dose), compared with 65% of the rest of the country. state.
"Today is a day when Victorians can be proud of what they have done," Andrews said in the evening as the deadline approached.
In the city of almost 5 million inhabitants there is no longer a night curfew, there is no longer a need for one of the six codified reasons to be able to leave the house, you can visit the homes of relatives or friends up to ten people, non-essential shops reopen , hairdressers and beauty salons with limited admissions, students can resume attending school even if part-time and up to 15 people can gather outdoors.
Pubs, restaurants and clubs reopen.
On the other hand, it will not be possible to anchor in the rest of the state of Victoria (ANSA).
