Life and is starting to return to normal since Covid restrictions across Victoria were eased from 29 October, after the state reached an 80% full vaccination rate. Melbourne had endured 262 days, nearly nine months, of stay-at-home restrictions that went over 6 lockdowns since March 2020.
Nearly all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in Victoria have now been lifted for fully vaccinated people across the state, and they will no longer have to isolate if deemed a close contact of a confirmed case. There are also no limits on visitors to homes, or density limits for cafes and restaurants. And with that house sales and inspections have leapt and house prices rises have been spectacular. Instead of zooming in to online auctions during the lockdowns, the real life auctions are zooming up prices.
Victoria could soon be one of the most vaccinated places on earth, with over 90 per cent of the state’s population over the age of 12 now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Everything seems to be gearing up for Christmas and New year celebrations and a fun in the sun summer.
The Economy
Australia’s economy sank by 1.9 per cent in the September quarter as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns in the nation’s major states. The decline was smaller than the 2.5 per cent fall economists had expected.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the economy still grew by 3.9 per cent over the year.
Meanwhile, Australia’s manufacturing industry rebounded in November after several months of flat results due to the restrictions imposed to battle the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
