Western Australia has recorded one new locally-acquired coronavirus case since the Perth and Peel regions where plunged into a three-day lockdown.
The new outbreak, linked to a Perth quarantine hotel, sparked a war of words between WA Premier Mark McGowan and the federal government.
Canberra has rejected Mr McGowan s suggestions that defence and immigration facilities be used and says they are simply inappropriate and unsuitable.
Western Australia has recorded one new locally-acquired coronavirus case since the Perth and Peel regions where plunged into a three-day lockdown
LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS: Western Australia has recorded an additional positive COVID-19 case within the community, in a person who had visited one of the locations visited by a Victorian man.
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Metropolitan Perth and the Peel region will go into a three-day lockdown from midnight local time on Friday after a hotel quarantine outbreak led to community COVID-19 transmission.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan said the lockdown was a necessary measure after two people, including a man who stayed in hotel quarantine before flying to Melbourne, spent days in the community while infectious.
Anzac Day dawn services will be cancelled and all people in the affected regions must now wear masks when leaving their homes. I know this is hard to take and I wish we didn t need to be doing this, Mr McGowan told reporters on Friday afternoon.
Coronavirus latest news: Mask-free summer ahead, say government advisers Max Stephens, Gareth Davies, Grace Millimaci © Shutterstock People out in the warm spring sunshine on Regents Park, London - Shutterstock
The public should be able to ditch face masks over the summer as vaccines do the heavy lifting in controlling Covid-19, Government scientific advisers believe.
Step four of the Government s road map for England currently states that all legal limits on social contact will be removed by June 21 at the earliest, when restrictions on large events such as festivals are also expected to ease.
Scientists advising the Government say there is nothing currently in the data to suggest that people will not be able to enjoy a relatively normal summer, though coronavirus cases may well rise as the autumn approaches.