Help keep our community safe
Under the Stage 4 restrictions for households for all of metropolitan Melbourne:
- the only reasons to leave home from 8pm to 5am are work, medical care, or caregiving
- exercise is limited to a maximum of one hour per day no more than five kilometres from your home and limited to you and one other person
- shopping is limited to one person per household per day and no more than five kilometres from your home
Under the Stage 4 restrictions for business pharmacies, supermarkets, grocery stores, bottle shops, petrol stations, banks, newsagencies, and post offices plus everyone involved in the frontline coronavirus response will continue to operate.
Employers that require their staff to attend a work site must issue a worker permit to their employees.
Only the children of permitted workers and vulnerable kids are able to access childcare and kinder.
Do you have any of these symptoms?
Please get tested if you have any of these symptoms - fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, chills or sweats, shortness of breath, loss of sense of smell or taste. Then stay home until you get your results.
Stay at home
The best way to stay safe is to stay at home when you can and limit the number of trips you make away from home.
Wear a face mask
You are required to wear a face covering when leaving home (for one of the permitted reasons).
Cover your coughs
Cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze. If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow.
Wash your hands
Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds, using soap and water or hand sanitiser ( at least 60 percent alcohol).
Don't touch your face
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
Coronavirus assistance and support
Australian Government Financial assistance for individuals and households
Australian Government assistance for businesses
Victorian Government assistance for businesses
Support payments for Victorian workers who are self-isolating or quarantining
Working for Victoria offers opportunities for paid community work for people who have lost work due to the coronavirus pandemic
Residential tenants and landlords Department of Social Services coronavirus support including local emergency relief providers Emergency food relief packages for people in mandatory self-isolation call 1800 675 398Assistance for City of Casey residents and businesses
Assistance for Greater Dandenong residents and businesses
Coronavirus information and advice
If you suspect you may have coronavirus (COVID-19), contact your GP, or call the hotline on 1800 675 398
Getting tested for coronavirus (COVID-19)
Victorian Department of Health
Australian Department of Health Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public Victorian Department of Health translated information SBS Information in 64 languages Coronavirus Health Information Line 1800 020 080(For translating or interpreting services, call 131 450) Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service 1800 512 348 Mental health and COVID-19 Older Persons Advocacy Network 1800 237 981