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 announced an immediate pause on direct flights from Western Australia after a hotel quarantine worker in Perth tested positive for COVID-19. Ministry officials have conducted a rapid public health assessment for New Zealand, and have determined 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, New Zealand s Ministry of Health said.
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Three local cases were reported in Perth on Saturday. A hotel quarantine worker in Perth, who had been vaccinated with one dose, tested positive for coronavirus, along with two of his housemates.