COVID-19 update – 14 April 2022

The Direction for Activities has been updated and will come in to effect at 12:01 am tomorrow, Friday 15 April. The following table is taken directly from page 4 of the Emergency Management (Activities-Associated Direction No 23) (COVID-19) Direction 2022 and summarises the restrictions imposed by this direction:

Level 1

Additional restrictions

CMP: events of more than 1 000 people Masks for disability care facilities Masks for prisons, correctional facilities, training centres, other places of custody Masks for public and private hospitals Masks for health care services and pathology collection centres Masks for pharmacies Masks for passenger transport services Approved contact tracing system for disability care facilities, public and private hospitals

This is a summary of restrictions only, for full details please click here.

Key things to note:

• Masks are NOT required in shared indoor public spaces, including in licensed venues, restaurants, retail outlets, shopping centres and personal care services.

• Checking-in to businesses and venues using QR codes is no longer a requirement, except in the following:
  
  
  
• public and private hospitals;

• disability care facilities; and

• residential aged care facilities.

• COVID Marshals will only be required at COVID Management Plan Events. They will not be required at any other prescribed activities.

• Other existing requirements remain.