Interstate travellers who have had a COVID-19 booster shot will be allowed into Western Australia from March 3.
will lift for triple-vaccinated travellers next month, Premier Mark McGowan announced on Friday.
“We changed the date and the extra month has given us the capacity to get hundreds and hundreds of thousands of West Australians their third dose, many thousands of children their third dose and avoid the peak in the eastern states.” Australia’s last remaining hard state border closure has become increasingly pointless as Western Australia’s own omicron outbreak has grown rapidly in recent days.The state reported more than 200 new infections on Friday, bringing the total number of active cases to more than 720. No patients were receiving intensive care treatment on Friday.newspaper ramped up a push to set a reopening date, while the Premier’s extraordinarily high popularity rating has been sinking.
West Australians have been under indoor mask mandates for some time, but new restrictions will be implemented from Monday. Home gatherings will be limited to no more than 30 people, private gatherings out of the home are capped at 200 people and a two square metre rule will be in place for hospitality, fitness venues, entertainment venues, cultural venues, places of worship, hairdressers and beauty services.
“With international borders set to reopen in just a few days, Australia needs a united approach to managing COVID.”
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