Western Australia is on alert after a new COVID case was infectious in the community, visiting the emergency department at a public hospital. 7NEWS
However, Ms Sanderson said the hospital currently had its own screening process at the emergency department and a marquee would be set up in the coming weeks.His four housemates have also all been placed into quarantine.
“These locations have been visited by multiple COVID-19 cases and WA Health believes additional people have attended the businesses during this time, without registering their attendance or using the SafeWA app,” it said in a statement.
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