The announcement comes after growing criticism from the opposition and business sector over the uncertainty the state government has allowed to fester as the state waits anxiously to see if it will make the full five days without any community transmission cases.
Around 2 million Perth, Peel and South West residents were plunged into a five-day lockdown at 6pm on Sunday following WA’s first known community transmission case of COVID-19 in nearly 10 months.
A security guard working at the Four Points by Sheraton quarantine hotel in the Perth CBD is suspected to have caught the virus from a COVID-positive guest on January 24.
He visited about 18 sites around Perth while authorities believe he was infectious, which prompted the lockdown.
More to come.
