Questions are being asked over how an unvaccinated backpacker from Queensland was allowed into Western Australia, where he tested positive for COVID-19. 7NEWS
whilst potentially infectious, including several nightclubs, the WA museum, night markets in Scarborough, several supermarkets, and an op-shop in Mirrabooka.Large-scale events and nightclubs will be closed during this period.The answer is all about fine timing.
A requirement for travellers from Queensland to undergo 14 days quarantine came into effect as little as an hour after the backpacker arrived in WA. Because he arrived just ahead of that deadline, he was not required to be vaccinated, or to get tested upon arrival. “At the time he left Queensland, there’d only been a handful of cases in the whole state reported,” Mr McGowan said.
“I don’t think he would have been thinking he could have been COVID-positive but it turns out he was.”