BREAKING The WA Government says schools will be open for all children to attend from April 29.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has not ruled out making a coronavirus tracing app compulsory if not enough people install it voluntarily. "We start with voluntary and then we see how it goes," Professor Kelly told an afternoon press conference.
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