Crikey Worm: Holding up under strain
GUARDED RESPONSE More than 65 close contacts of the Perth security guard infected with a UK COVID-19 variant have been quarantined, the ABC reports. As the state awaits news of secondary infections, WA Police and the state government have announced reviews into the quarantine outbreak, and the list of hotspots has been updated to include an ARENA supermarket in the CBD from 2-3pm Wednesday, January 27. Elsewhere, The Australian ($) reveals that WA officials took more than 11 hours to inform federal and state counterparts about the case, a possible breach of pandemic protocols, while WA...