Australia's second-largest city will exit its coronavirus lockdown in late October if vaccine targets are met under an official roadmap released today.
About five million people in Melbourne have been under stay-at-home orders since 5 August, the sixth lockdown they have endured so far during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Officials in Victoria state, which includes Melbourne, announced those orders would be lifted when 70% of over-16s are fully vaccinated.
They projected that target would be reached around 26 October. "Lockdown will end. The (limited) reasons to leave your home and the curfew will no longer be in place," Victoria premier Dan Andrews said, adding that a raft of restrictions would still be enforced.