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It was the news no one wanted to hear on a Sunday afternoon, but from 6pm most West Australians will go back into full lockdown after 10 months of no COVID-19 community spread.
The announcement by Premier Mark McGowan comes after a quarantine hotel security guard tasked with watching a floor of returned overseas travellers tested positive for the virus on the weekend.
Police Commissioner Chris Dawson, Chief Health Officer Dr Andrew Robertson and Premier Mark McGowan.
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Authorities suspect the man, aged in his 20s, could have contracted the highly contagious UK strain of the virus, which has been wreaking havoc across Europe, on Tuesday or Wednesday.