Victoria lifts work from home recommendation but public transport mask mandate to stay

Burnet Institute epidemiologist Prof Mike Toole says the lack of enforcement of Victoria’s public transport mask usage means it is just a ‘recommendation’ in reality. Photograph: Graham Denholm/Getty Images

The Victorian government has lifted its recommendation that people work from home but has vowed to maintain its public transport mask mandate, despite the requirement due to be dropped on domestic flights from next week.

Citing falling Covid case numbers and the end of winter, the state’s health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, said Victorians were now encouraged to cease working from home.