When coronavirus restrictions first came into effect in March, the family-run Civic Shoe Repair business was one of those hit hard.The ACT Government says imposing harsher coronavirus restrictions again could happen, but would be a last resortCanberra Health Services says they are well-prepared for a surge in coronavirus cases"I opened the shop for a few hours per day — I was about 70 to 80 per cent down," owner Milton Vassiliotis said.
While a second wave seems unlikely, the ACT Government is not ruling it out — especially since Victoria has seen a recent increase in community-transmitted cases. Conversely, last week Canberra's restrictions saw their most significant easing of restrictions to date. Access Canberra announced earlier this week that the government agency had already issued five written warnings to businesses for breaching COVID-19 restrictions and indicated there were more warnings on the way.