This will apply to healthcare, aged care, disability, emergency services, correctional facility, quarantine accommodation and food distribution workers.

Health Minister Martin Foley said workers eligible for a third dose on or before January 12 will have until February 12 to get their third dose.

Workers not yet eligible for a third dose will be required to get it within three months and two weeks of the deadline to receive their second mandatory dose.

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This means residential aged care workers must receive their third dose by March 1, and health care workers by March 29.

Disability, quarantine accommodation, correctional facilities, emergency services, and food distribution workers will need to receive their third dose by March 12.

Retail supermarket staff are not included in the mandate.

The mandatory vaccination requirement will not apply to workers who have a valid medical exemption.

Mr Foley said to reduce the risks of the virus spreading, indoor dance floors within hospitality and entertainment venues must close from January 13.

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He said venues can still operate and there were no changes to the density settings currently in place.

"This change reflects settings already in place in other states, including New South Wales. Indoor dance floors at weddings will be permitted, but wedding hosts and guests should still consider the risks of dance floors and choose to locate them outdoors if possible," he said.

"Victoria is open and the community is encouraged to support businesses in a COVIDSafe way. Closing indoor dance floors is a simple but important step - we know they pose an extraordinary risk of mass transmission."

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