WA will significantly ease its interim lockdown restrictions and mask wearing requirements from midnight tomorrow, after the state recorded no new cases of COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive day.
The number of casual contacts linked to the latest cases of COVID-19 has doubled overnight, as WA health authorities retrace the steps of two COVID-positive delivery drivers.
A WA-developed imaging device that can reduce the number of repeat surgeries for breast cancer patients has received a major accreditation from the US Food and Drug Administration.
The number of potential COVID exposure sites has increased substantially today, as WA health authorities retrace the steps of two COVID positive food delivery drivers.
A security guard from the Pan Pacific Hotel and two of his housemates have tested positive for COVID-19, just 15 hours after the interim lockdown restrictions were lifted.
WA has not recorded any new locally acquired cases of COVID, giving the green light for the majority of the interim restrictions to lift for Perth and Peel from midnight tonight.
The state’s peak business association has called on the state government to increase its relief for businesses affected by the lockdown and subsequent restrictions.
Interim lockdown restrictions will lift from midnight Friday, but masks will remain mandatory while the state waits for the incubation period of the coronavirus to come to an end.
Premier Mark McGowan has announced a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight, as the state records its second day with no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19.
The state's health department has confirmed that a positive test result has been returned this afternoon, the second case of community transmission in WA in 24 hours.
Victorian authorities are working to contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak after a Melbourne man tested positive for the virus after landing on a flight from Perth.
