Announcements
Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and case notification
- For advice, health professionals can call the dedicated hotline – phone 1800 675 398, 24 hours a day.
- You only need to notify confirmed cases – use the online COVID-19 notification form or phone 1300 651 160, 24 hours a day.
Information for you
Key update: elective surgery
- Non-urgent elective surgeries will resume across Victoria’s regional public and private hospitals from Thursday, 17 September and in metropolitan Melbourne from the end of September.
- The staged resumption will be in line with the Victorian Government’s roadmap for reopening.
- The plan will see regional Victoria increase to 75 per cent of usual elective surgery activity from Thursday, 17 September and 85 per cent from 28 September.
- Hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne will begin to increase up to 75 per cent of usual elective surgery activity from the 28 September, when they enter the Second Step of the roadmap, and 85 per cent of usual activity when they move to the Third Step.
- All Victorian hospitals will move to 100 per cent of usual elective surgery activity when the state enters the Last Step towards COVID Normal, planned for 23 November.
- Importantly, at all times throughout the pandemic, urgent elective surgery has continued across Victoria.
Stay up to date
- Victorian coronavirus (COVID-19) data
- Subscribe to CHO alerts: health.vic.gov.au/newsletters
- Follow the Chief Health Officer on Twitter: twitter.com/VictorianCHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
This site will be updated as new information becomes available.
For more information
Call the Department of Health and Human Services on 1300 651 160 to discuss any questions you have. If you need a translator first call 131 450, then request the hotline on 1300 651 160.
For Victorian updates to the current incident, go to:
Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus
For national updates:
- Department of Health (Australian Government) Coronavirus Alert
https://www.health.gov.au/news/latest-information-about-novel-coronavirus - Royal Australian College of General Practice (RACGP): https://www.racgp.org.au/coronavirus
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA): https://www.ahpra.gov.au/News/COVID-19.aspx
For international updates:
- WHO Western Pacific Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/novel-coronavirus - WHO Coronavirus resources https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units (COVID-19 SoNG): https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-novel-coronavirus.htm