The Perth metropolitan area has been plunged into a five-day lockdown from 6:00pm on Sunday until the same time on Friday after a hotel quarantine security guard tested positive for coronavirus.
People in the Perth metropolitan area, along with the Peel region and the South West, need to wear masks if they leave home for the four reasons permitted under the snap lockdown.
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Here's a summary of what happened on Sunday:
A positive test in a quarantine hotel security guard plunged parts of WA into a snap five-day lockdown
A positive test in a quarantine hotel security guard plunged parts of WA into a snap five-day lockdown Queensland, NT and Victoria declared south-west WA a hotspot and implemented border restrictions
Queensland, NT and Victoria declared south-west WA a hotspot and implemented border restrictions Green zone flights from New Zealand recommenced
Green zone flights from New Zealand recommenced Qantas to fly home Australians stranded on Norfolk Island by New Zealand COVID-19 travel bubble suspension
Qantas to fly home Australians stranded on Norfolk Island by New Zealand COVID-19 travel bubble suspension South Australia threw open its borders to Greater Sydney travellers
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strelldood on January 31st, 2021 at 05:21 UTC »
The hotel quarantine system is really the main factor of the success in handling the virus
Quezare on January 31st, 2021 at 05:05 UTC »
r/AgedLikeMilk
VS2ute on January 31st, 2021 at 04:57 UTC »
oh no! WA now has a positive case, breaking a run of more than 9 months free of local transmission.