The reopening comes after 697 days and one false start – and amid controversial new restrictions
After 697 days and one false start, the “hermit” state ofThe premier, Mark McGowan, has promised to throw openWednesday as the state moves headlong into its first full-scale Covid wave of the pandemic, with daily case numbers swelling into four digits.
There are currently 16 people in WA hospitals with Covid, some of them with other conditions, and no one in intensive care with the disease. WA had been scheduled to reopen on Saturday 5 February when double-dose vaccination rates in the state hit 90%.He denied state hospitals weren’t ready, said Omicron had changed the game and he did not want to see an overwhelming wave like those in Sydney and Melbourne.Australia’s most popular premier nosedived from an approval rating of 91% in September 2020 to 64% by February 2022, according to a phone-based People’s Voice poll.
The WA opposition leader, Mia Davies, says the premier’s inconsistent messaging has caused the public to lose trust in its leader.Evan Hall, Tourism Council WA
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