Health authorities in Perth have identified 76 fresh venues, including a McDonald s and a KFC, that may have been exposed to coronavirus after two infected delivery drivers handed food to over 100 fast-food customers.
The new locations were listed on Monday as Western Australia recorded no new local Covid cases and as authorities continued to track down residents who came into 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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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.
Premier Mark McGowan to get AstraZeneca jab as masks remain in place
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As workers in Perth city make their way to their offices in masks, Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook will be lining up to get the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday morning.
Among the cohort of people aged 50 and over eligible to receive the vaccine, the state’s two biggest political leaders will be first in line to roll up their sleeves at the Claremont Showgrounds vaccination facility at 8.15am.
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Perth and the Peel region of Western Australia have avoided another lockdown for now after no further locally acquired coronavirus cases were detected.
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 another 136 contacts are deemed casual or yet to be classified.
All the new cases and their close contacts must quarantine for 14 days.
Sunday s AFL western derby between West Coast and Fremantle at Optus Stadium will be played behind closed doors, with the risk of 45,000 spectators travelling to the stadium deemed too high.
Mark McGowan has taken a brutal swipe at New South Wales counterpart Gladys Berejiklian during a heated exchange with a reporter over coronavirus lockdowns.
There were fears two million residents in Perth and surrounding Peel region would be plunged into their second lockdown in as many weeks after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive on Saturday
But lockdown has been avoided for now after no further locally acquired coronavirus cases were detected on Sunday, the Western Australia premier announced, despite the city having stay-at-home orders during previous outbreaks.
Instead, a raft of strict restrictions has been ramped up, including mandatory wearing of masks, shutdown of nightclubs and 60,000 fans locked out of the AFL local derby between West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers later on Sunday.