Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has warned the state’s residents that they may face an upcoming challenging winter with a combination of flu and COVID-19 on the horizon. Speaking in front of reporters on March 17, the premier did not provide a specific timeline for the state government to lift the remaining pandemic measures for the public, such as mask mandate for hospitality and retail workers and some primary school students. “At this stage, I’ve got no advice that we’ll be able to take off those mask rules,” he said. “We are open, and things are closer to normal than they have been for a long time.” Nevertheless, the Victorian government is trying to get more residents to take the third dose of COVID vaccine before winter comes with the establishment of 120 pop up vaccination hubs, as the state has witnessed the more contagious BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant …