What time is the Victoria COVID-19 press conference today with update on when will Melbourne lockdown end?
Melbourne residents are on track for a reprieve from lockdown after Victoria reported only two new local COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, both linked to existing outbreaks and with limited community exposure. Acting Premier James Merlino on Tuesday confirmed authorities had genomically linked the West Melbourne Delta cluster to a man in his 40s who arrived from Sri Lanka on May 8. Victorias health authorities are set to provide a COVID-19 update on Wednesday. This article will be updated with the time as soon as its available. Click here watch the press conference LIVE. He assured Victorians that the latest development was not a setback to the planned easing of restrictions for Melbourne and regional Victoria at 11.59pm on Thursday. Today doesnt change our plans. We remain on track, Merlino told reporters on Tuesday. Melbournes lockdown is due to be lifted on Friday morning - but residents will reportedly still be restricted to within 25 kilometres of their homes. Several media outlets report the new radius will be in place to prevent Melburnians travelling to regional Victoria for the Queens Birthday weekend. Melbourne residents will reportedly still be restricted to within 25 kilometres of their homes. Credit: 7NEWS Digital  Under the current COVID-19 circuit breaker, there are only five reasons for metro residents to leave their homes, and they must stay within 10 kilometres. The current restrictions are slated to end at 11.59pm on Thursday. The state government is yet to announce what other measures will stay in place - but its expected to be similar to regional Victoria restrictions. Victoria COVID-19 cases update  One of the two cases recorded on Wednesday is a child linked to the West Melbourne outbreak, while the other is a household contact of a worker linked to the Arcare Maidstone cluster. The states COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said a string of new exposure sites added to the list of more than 270 on Monday evening were linked to the new cases. Some 22,814 Victorians were tested on Monday and 21,192 received a vaccine dose at state-run sites.