Patrons at a Perth bar do not need to isolate or get tested for COVID-19 after an interstate traveller who skipped hotel quarantine tested negative.
But the 53-year-old West Australian who flew into Perth from Queensland on Friday will face court for failing to obey health directions.
Other customers present were told by police to provide their details, should quarantine and testing be necessary. He arrived in Perth without having applied to re-enter but was permitted entry because he complained of non-COVID-19 related symptoms upon arrival. He was tested as a precautionary measure, although a doctor had assessed the risk of his exposure to be very low. He is now in hotel quarantine.Earlier this week WA authorities confirmed the state had gone 135 days without any confirmed community transmission under its strict hard border closures.
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