ACT Government to ease Covid-19 restrictions from Friday February 18
From dance floor numbers to quarantine for overseas travellers, the ACT Government has announced changes to Covid restrictions in the nation’s capital. See how it will impact you.
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The ACT Government has announced Covid-19 restrictions will gradually loosen from Friday evening.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr and ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith released the ACT’s latest restriction road map on Friday morning.
From 6pm, density limits will be removed and businesses will no longer be required display signage for capacity limits.
For patrons, dancing is permitted, and revellers will no longer be required to sit down while eating or drinking.
Ticketing and pre-registration requirements for events will be removed, and employees can return to the workplaces where it suits them.
From Monday, elective surgery will resume at Calvary Public Hospital, Bruce, but Canberra Hospital will not resume elective surgery.
Elective surgeries in the nation’s capital were suspended from January 7 because of the Omnicron wave.
From 11.59pm on Monday, mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated international travellers will be reduced to seven days. However unvaccinated travellers will still need to apply for exceptions to enter the ACT.
International travellers will no longer need to provide an online declaration form before entering the ACT but testing requirements and restrictions on entering high-risk settings will remain for international travellers.
The ACT Government has flagged from 11.59pm Friday February 25 there will be changes to face mask requirements but details of those changes will be announced next week.
From this same date exemption requirements for all events will be removed.
Yet for events of more than 5000 people organisers will still be required to submit a Covid-19 safety plans for ACT Health to review.
Mr Barr thanked ACT businesses for complying with public health orders during “tumultuous time” for the territory.
“Our case numbers have steadied, and we are cautiously optimistic about the autumn period,” Mr Barr said.
“While we recognise the situation could change if a new variant of concern emerges or there is a surge in cases, this step is designed to minimise the disruption of COVID-19 on our local businesses when it is safe to do so.”
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