Vic rejects mask mandate but urges work from home

Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has suggested people work from home if possible and wear masks in crowded settings amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said it was sensible for the government to make recommendations rather than adopt mandates.“This puts the decision-making back on the individual and businesses,” chief executive Paul Guerra said in a statement. “I made a decision based on the advice that I had received that further mandating masks was not the most effective way to get the message out about the importance of mask wearing,” Ms Thomas told reporters on Tuesday.

However, there have been calls for the payments to be reinstated as COVID-19 case numbers and hospital admissions rise across the country, driven by new, infectious sub-variants. Mask mandates and other restrictions were not having the same effect they once did, Deakin University epidemiologist Professor Catherine Bennett said.“We need this to not be a one-size-fits-all message from a podium,” Professor Bennett told AAP. “This has got to be community-based.

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