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.
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.
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McGowan calls for the Federal Government to introduce alternative quarantine facilities.
On Saturday, McGowan hit out at the federal government for failing to provide better alternatives to hotel quarantine.
The premier said hotels in the Perth CBD were not fit-for-purpose quarantine facilities and defence facilities or immigration detention facilities would be more suitable. I m getting to the end of my tether with the Commonwealth handing responsibility to the states and not helping, he told reporters. It s the only way to help reduce the risk further. We cannot continue down this path for another year or beyond.
RESTRICTER REGULATIONS?
West Australian Premier
Mark McGowan is seeking support from other state leaders to limit exemptions for leaving the country,
WAToday reports, after a quarantine infection in the wake of a return trip to a wedding in India sparked lockdowns in Perth and Peel.
McGowan, who warned the state would not lift its reduced travel cap unless the Commonwealth opens up new quarantine facilities, said it was too early to say if restrictions will ease tomorrow after WA recorded no new community cases yesterday and two at the end of last week.
Guardian Australia explains that Peter Dutton earlier knocked back McGowan’s call for the Commonwealth to do more when it comes to quarantine, insisting states had agreed to take responsibility and arguing the WA government had made a “mistake” by using a facility, the Mercure hotel, he says was identified as unsuitable.