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Subscriber only Travellers entering Queensland who have been to declared West Australian sites visited by three new COVID cases will be required to quarantine for 14 days on arrival. Deputy Chief Health Officer Sonya Bennett said people already in Queensland who had visited more than a dozen WA sites at specified times between April 27-30 were also being asked to call 13 HEALTH to discuss their circumstances. You must … quarantine until you receive further instructions from Queensland Health, Dr Bennett said. The direction is in place to protect the health and safety of Queenslanders and travellers who come here.
Perth and the Peel region have avoided another lockdown for now after no further locally acquired coronavirus cases were detected but a raft of strict restrictions remain.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan confirmed the news on Sunday, 24 hours after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive.
Contact tracers are continuing to work through the movements of the three men but all 16 close contacts identified by WA Health as high risk have returned negative tests.
Results are pending for a further four close contacts, while a another 136 contacts are deemed casual or yet to be classified. All the new cases and their close contacts must quarantine for 14 days.
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New Zealand has paused the trans-Tasman travel bubble with Western Australia after the state recorded three new Covid-19 cases.
The ministry of health announced on Sunday that it was no longer accepting flights from the state after carrying out a rapid public health assessment. Scheduled direct flights from Western Australia to New Zealand should be immediately paused while a further assessment is carried out, including a further assessment and information from Australian health officials, a statement read.
It comes after a security guard at a Perth quarantine facility and his two housemates tested positive to Covid-19 on Saturday.
New Zealand has paused the trans-Tasman travel bubble with Western Australia after the state recorded three new Covid-19 cases