Health Minister Roger Cook says WA will only be able to seriously review social distancing rules after a sustained period of very low case numbers.
"We really need to make sure we consolidate the gains we have made, by continuing to have social distancing and border-like measures," he told ABC Radio Perth.
"We need to see a sustained period of low numbers and low positive cases and then the opportunity will present itself to bring people back towards normal.
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