A woman who recently returned to Perth from NSW has been fitted with an electronic ankle tracking device after breaching COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
A woman who recently returned to Perth from NSW has been fitted with an electronic ankle tracking device after allegedly breaching COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
She had been allowed to enter WA on 1 September and was ordered to self-isolate alone at her home for 14 days.The woman was issued with a $1000 fine and moved to a Perth quarantine hotel.But after consideration of the circumstances of the woman's alleged breach the state emergency coordinator determined it was necessary to monitor her location during the quarantine period, police said in a statement on Saturday.
WA Health reported no new virus cases on Saturday leaving the state's total of diagnosed infections since the start of the pandemic at 659.Meanwhile, a West Australian nurse infected with COVID-19 while helping in Victoria's coronavirus-ravaged aged care sector said she always wore a mask and doesn't know how she contracted the illness.Renee Freeman, 44, travelled to Melbourne to help but instead became a patient.
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