Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister of Australia, has revealed the three step plan to reopen the Australian economy and make sure it remains ‘COVID Safe’.
The Prime Minister said that by July, he hopes they would have moved past these three steps.
In the first stage, businesses will be allowed to reopen including sporting facilities and educational campuses with the following rules;
No gathering of more than 10 people in a place,
No more than five visitors at your home,
No more than 10 visitors at a wedding,
No more than 20 people at a funeral if held indoors, if held outdoors, no more than 30 people,
No more than 10 people at a religious gathering.
People who can continue to work from home should, if the arrangement is suitable for both employees and employers. Restaurants and cafes would accommodate no more than 10 people.
Step two will be very similar to step one but an increase in the number of people at a gathering. No gathering of more than 20 people in phase two. Restaurants and cafes will be able to accommodate up to 20 people.
In step two, beauty salons, spas, massage therapy salons, tattoo parlors, will be able to reopen accommodating up to 20 customers at once.
Step three would depend on the results of the first two stages but in step three, life would return to normal with up to 100 or more people allowed to gather at one place.
Restaurants, cafes, cinemas, museums, pools, etc will all be allowed to reopen and operate fully at this point and interstate travel will also resume.
But according to the Prime Minister, this will be solely dependent on the government of the states and territories.
