WA border to open to Victoria and New South Wales

Monday, 7 December 2020 12:41

By Marion Print

The State Government has announced the WA border will reopen to Victorian and New South Wales travellers, effective from midnight tonight.

This will mean people arriving from New South Wales and Victoria will not have to quarantine for 14 days on arrival to Western Australia starting from tomorrow.

The plans to dial back WA's border restrictions were thrown into question last week when NSW recorded one COVID-19 case, a hotel worker.

Premier Mark McGowan said over the past few days they have watched what has occurred in NSW like a hawk.

"It is very pleasing to know that no further cases have been identified over the past five days," he said.

"Therefore, with no additional cases in NSW over the past 30 days, the Chief Health Officer has recommended that the risk of importation of COVID-19 from NSW is now 'very low'.

"As a result, it is safe to continue our plans, as announced last week."

These states will join the ACT, Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania as 'very low risk' jurisdictions.

South Australia is currently classified as a 'medium risk' state, which is set to change at midnight on Thursday December 10.

Travellers from South Australia before that date will still have to complete a G2G pass and self-isolate for 14 days.

This morning our Chief Health Officer provided us with updated health advice for our border controls. Our controlled...
Posted by Mark McGowan on Sunday, December 6, 2020

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