VICTORIA has once again been plunged into a seven day lockdown, with the five reasons to leave home enacted for the sixth time as of 8pm last night for both regional and metropolitan areas.
Hopes that regional Victoria would be spared of lockdown conditions were quickly quashed, with Premier Daniel Andrews revealing that Wangaratta sewage had shown traces of COVID-19 virus.
As a result, residents throughout the state will only be permitted to leave home in order to complete essential shopping, exercise for up to two hours, care or caregiving, authorised work or education and vaccination and testing.
Face masks will continue to remain mandatory both indoors and outdoors if not at home, including all workplaces and secondary schools.
Both public and private gatherings will continue to be restricted, and exercise will be limited to no more than two people.
Childcare and early childhood care continue to stay open while all primary and secondary school students return to remote learning, except for vulnerable children and those of authorised workers who will be able to continue to learn on-site. 
The border bubble will remain the same.
For an updated list of restrictions, visit https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus.