McGowan threatens to cap international arrivals due to India outbreak26/04/2021|2min
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has threatened to maintain lower caps on international arrivals beyond May largely because of the coronavirus in India.
Of the 34,000 Australian s currently registered with DFAT, the largest cohort totally roughly 9,000 are in India.
Several Australian cricketers are also trying to leave the country after playing in the Indian Premier League.
The city was thrust into a three-day snap lockdown on Friday after a case of community transmission linked to a returned traveller.
There were no new locally acquired cases in the state yesterday however Mr McGowan has warned restrictions are likely to continue beyond the lockdown.
The three-day lockdown of Perth and the neighbouring Peel region will end as planned at midnight tonight.
The state counted no new community cases of COVID-19 overnight, WA Premier Mark McGowan announced.
But new interim restrictions will carry on for four days, over fears of unchecked COVID-19 cases in the community.
The three-day lockdown of Perth and the neighbouring Peel region will lift as planned at midnight, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced, after the state registered no new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 overnight.
But interim restrictions will carry on for four more days, due to lingering fears of undetected cases in the community.
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News by James Hall and Angie Raphael 27th Apr 2021 5:06 AM A man who went to India for his own wedding before returning to Australia and sparking a COVID-19 outbreak in Western Australia was able to prove profound reasons for travel, according to Health Minister Greg Hunt. Perth was plunged into a three-day lockdown on Friday after community transmission was linked to a man who returned from India, which is in the middle of a destructive spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The man arrived in Perth from India on April 10 with his new bride. He tested positive at the Mercure Hotel three days later.