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Members of the Indian-Australian community have expressed outrage over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by both the West Australian and Federal government.
They have also raised concerns over the WA Premier Mark McGowan discussing the circumstances of a man at the centre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
The West Australian first published details of the man last week, revealing he’d travelled to get married in India last December before returning in April and testing positive for the virus while in hotel quarantine in Perth.
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When asked by the paper about the man’s situation, the Department of Home Affairs said it does comment on individual cases.
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Western Australia has again recorded no new local coronavirus cases, raising hopes the state has avoided a widespread outbreak.
Authorities are continuing to track down people who had contact with a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates.
The trio tested positive on Saturday, prompting the government to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing both indoors and outdoors, close nightclubs and prevent fans from attending Sunday s AFL western derby at Optus Stadium.
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Premier Mark McGowan on Monday said WA Health had so far identified 58 close contacts and 26 had tested negative.
Seventeen of the close contacts went to cooking classes on 27 and 28 April at the Perth College of Business and Technology which was also attended by one of the housemates.
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Travel between Perth and New Zealand has now been paused twice in 10 days due to Covid-19 cases in the Western Australia community. (File photo) Brisbane Airport green zone breach Meanwhile, 27 travellers who were at Brisbane Airport when two red zone travellers entered the green zone have been asked to get tested for Covid-19. A total of 397 passengers travelled to New Zealand aboard three flights from Brisbane Airport on Thursday. All but two of those passengers have been contacted by health officials. Of those passengers, 27 people have confirmed they were in the locations of interest. These passengers are considered casual plus contacts and must self-isolate and get tested five days after the exposure. The remaining travellers are to monitor their health.
Australia's fourth-largest city faces prospects of its second snap lockdown in less than a month, officials warned on Sunday, after a hotel quarantine security guard in Perth and two of his housemates tested positive for Covid-19.