COVID-19 controls tightened in Perth as McGowan looks to avoid lockdown

Coronavirus restrictions have been tightened in Perth as Premier Mark McGowan seeks to avoid another lockdown.

No new COVID-19 infections have been recorded and all high-risk close contacts of the three positive cases announced on Saturday have tested negative.

Perth nightclubs have been ordered to close immediately and spectators were banned from yesterday's AFL local derby.

Mr McGowan said he did not want to impose another lockdown but warned he would if the health advice suggested it was the best way forward.

Meanwhile, the travel bubble between New Zealand and Western Australia has been reinstated after it was paused due to the three positive cases in WA.

[fallingiguanas]

You must wear your seatbelt outside of your car just to be safe✌

[ianlong]

If WA gets to a 4th lock down there's going to be a protests out the front of Roger cook's office, we all meet in the car Park a cross the road, in the Kwinana shopping center car park..

[flodareltih]

That means small businesses are not totally wiped out yet. Let’s do another round of lockdown

[jerrymarasco]

Is this Germany during World War 2 ? Papers please

[spookyazct]

What a police 👮🏻‍♀️ state.😢
Chinese style lockdown till no one ever dies of anything.🤣😂

[subtime]

What in the sheep wearing masks is going on here?

[worldsgonemad]

Strange, McCoward not locking down with 3 cases? Whats he up to?

[brettmitchell]

Stop the international flights into Perth.

Set up a single Australian entry point in Alice Springs and make arrivals do quarantine there.

If there is a breakout it doesn’t affect internal borders. Just stop flights in and out of Alice Springs.



It’s ridiculous to have infected be held in CBD hotels.

[shelfcloud]

3 cases? 3 cases? I know. I know. Go ahead and attack me and say that’s why Australia is doing so well because the government response has been so good. SMH!!

[mr.mark]

It’s looks like the all premiers lost it mentally 😂

[larryheard]

You know it's a damn shame you people in Perth don't tell your government to kiss your butt and just do what you want to do anyway come on Australian's especially Western Australian's grow a pair I love Perth come on

[danielorbell]

"Control"
It's amazing how just one man in a suit and tie can control over 2.5 million square kilometres of land mass, 115, 740 square kilometres of marine area and nearly 3 MILLION people. One man!
Just astonishing don't you think?

[tsfcancerman]

its not like lining up or meeting health officials and police and testing remove the risk

[Mrpint]

I recommend quadruple masking with four weeks Lockdown - staysafe 👀

[gabrielplattes]

Quarantine hotel guard lives with two delivery drivers, recipe for disaster!... F*ckin' amateur hour!... The gov. should use some of the tax it gains from hotels and night clubs to work on their quarantine 'plans'... Switch those aircon units off, and make those windows in the hotel rooms open, or shift to donga housing.

[patheticprepper]

U guys are tough, I expect you [communicate] your opinions on the matter... once u submit.. it will be expected forever! Good slaves !

[acmlsrtvxacmlsrtvx]

Should the clown in the background given all the bloody hand signals

[tomgreene]

You know they can send cruise ships to India and passengers can quarantine at sea

[notathome]

Wa like qld follows the sci-pidity theory, comes from a bureaucracy who all have humanity

[acmlsrtvxacmlsrtvx]

How come dogs can I have coronavirus and it’s not a problem