Perth to exit lockdown, but mask wearing and restrictions to remain
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Perth and Peel will exit a snap three-day lockdown from midnight Monday, but mask wearing and gathering restrictions will remain in place for at least four days.
Premier Mark McGowan made the announcement after just one further case was detected in the community during the stay-at-home order, adding to the two discovered on Friday.
The three-day lockdown was sparked by a breach within Perth’s hotel quarantine system.
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Of the 354 close contacts of positive cases identified, 222 have returned negative results, the remaining 37 per cent of results are still pending.
The coronavirus-infected patient who sparked a three-day lockdown in Perth had provided profound reasons that saw granted travel exemption to go to Covid-ravaged India and then returning to Australia.
Health Minister Greg Hunt responded to growing public outrage over the decision to allow a pair of newlyweds back into Australia from India, where the death toll is spiralling and more than 350,000 new cases were recorded on Sunday alone.
When asked what he thought of Australians being able to travel in and out of India, the minister said exemptions were for the most profound humanitarian or compassionate reasons .
Health Minister Greg Hunt (pictured) has said the groom that was granted an exemption to fly to Covid-riddled India provided profound reasons to travel
Snap three-day lockdown will be relaxed from midnight on Tuesday morning
Mask-wearing will stay mandatory in both indoor and outdoor public settings
Bars, restaurants and pubs can reopen as long as they offer seated service only
Schools will resume, but only primary school pupils won t have to wear a mask
Premier Mark McGowan said the weekend s strict lockdown had done its job
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Millions in Perth are enduring a snap three day lockdown after a Covid outbreak
Covid exposure sites in Perth have increased, with seven confirmed hot spots
Premier Mark McGowan will decide on Monday whether to extend lockdown
He hinted some measures will remain if lockdown does end midnight Monday
WA recorded zero new locally-acquired cases on Sunday, one case in quarantine