WA Premier Mark McGowan said his message to any Western Australians in Victoria who want to come home is 'do it now'. 9News
's classification to high-risk and tighten testing requirements for any truck drivers entering the state.confirmed the change to Victoria's classification will come into effect from midnight Sunday.
He warned anyone wanting to come into Western Australia from Victoria would face tougher entry conditions from next week.Western Australia will upgrade Victoria's classification to high-risk and tighten testing requirements for any truck drivers entering the state. "This means people approved to travel into WA from Victoria will have to have proof of a negative COVID test in the 72 hours prior to departure, proof of at least one vaccination dose, use the new G2G now app, and undergo COVID tests on days 2 and 12," Mr McGowan said.
Mr McGowan said his message to any Western Australians in Victoria who want to come home is "do it now". The premier also said tougher testing requirements for truck drivers would come into effect from next week after two"From next week, all truckies from high or extreme risk jurisdictions who want to enter WA will have to have returned a negative PCR test undertaken within the prior three days," he said.
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