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Posted: 2021-09-12 05:00:40

Premier Daniel Andrews says he will detail his road map out of lockdown and towards 80 per cent full vaccination rate in a week’s time.

Mr Andrews said ministers would be receiving more Burnet Institute modelling in the coming days, and the major announcement next week would include information around mandatory vaccination and what businesses can open and when.

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He previously promised that once the state reaches 70 per cent of the eligible population having had their first vaccination, there would be an expanded 10-kilometre travel limit, a three-hour exercise limit, and outdoor personal training and private real estate inspections would return.

“We’ll be releasing modelling and will be talking to that in some detail,” Mr Andrews said.

“We’re aiming to deliver on all of the commitments that we had foreshadowed, I don’t have a crystal ball. I can’t guarantee that, but that’s what we’re working towards.

“If we can go further in any areas, we will. That’ll be based on advice but the first thing to do is get to the 70 per cent first dose.”

After being asked if students would return to classrooms in time for term 4, Mr Andrews said he knew “nothing about remote learning was easy” or preferred, but schools would as soon as they could but they had to be safe.

“I want to get kids back in the classroom as quickly as possible,” he said.

“But what I will say to every single parent, whether it be primary school or secondary school parents: I will not send kids back to school against the advice of the medical experts.”

He said the comprehensive road map would include information about ventilation at schools and staggered entry times for students.

Children aged between 12 and 15 years can receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Victoria from Monday.

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