Up to five guests will be able to visit homes in Victoria when coronavirus restrictions are eased from midnight on Tuesday.
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It is one of the changes in the rules around the state's isolation from COVID-19 announced by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews on Monday morning.
Changes also included that groups of 10 are able to participate in outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing and golf.
"This is about getting back to as normal in Victoria as we can hope for until we find a vaccine," Mr Andrews said.
"We are adding fifth reason as to why you should leave (and that) is to visit family and friends.
"Some of things that hurt people the most was the notion of people not being able to connect with those closest to them."
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The changes will stay in place until May 31, with more restrictions expected to be eased for June.
Mr Andrews said an announcement on students returning to face-to-face classrooms would be made in the future.
"We have said to parents that (we expected) learning from home to continue to the end of term two," he said. "We now believe a gradual return to schools is safe, cautious and appropriate.
"That will be done soon and we will give parents lots of notice. We are very close to making some significant announcements on schools."
Mr Andrews said easing restrictions must be done in a safe, cautious and appropriate manner.
"We only get one chance to take the first step," he said. "We are facing our own unique challenges and need to be appropriate, safe and cautious.
"These are small steps but significant steps. The last thing we want to do is follow the examples of other countries where if yo relax too many rules, too quickly, you find yourself in a lockdown harder than what we have been in.
"In June following more testing and the experience of the three weeks, that will guide us (in easing further restrictions).
"We will be guided by data and are impressed to think so many Victorians have done the right things. We are in this together and proud of the results we have been able to produce."
Victoria had 1494 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Eighteen people have died from the virus while 1346 people have recovered from it.
Following the loosening of restrictions, the state government has announced a $20 million effort to quickly control any future outbreaks of coronavirus in the state.
Rapid response outbreak teams that will prevent, respond to and limit outbreaks of the virus as well as conduct proactive visits to high-risk facilities, businesses and industries.
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