Restrictions in Australia's second-biggest city were eased slightly today following a steady decline in new coronavirus cases, but officials stopped short of ending a controversial "stay-at-home" rule.
More than 100 days after the lockdown was imposed on Melbourne's five million residents, authorities lifted a two-hour limit on the time people could spend outside their homes for permitted activities.
They also extended from 5km to 25km the distance people could travel from their homes for several activities, including exercise, shopping for essentials, socialising and work in essential professions.
Outdoor sport settings such as golf courses and tennis courts reopened as well as hairdressers. But Daniel Andrews, the premier of Victoria