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WA reintroduces hard border with Victoria after more new Melbourne coronavirus cases
Western Australia is closing its border to travellers from Victoria and has ordered thousands of recent arrivals to self-quarantine, after the re-emergence of locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in Melbourne.
Key points:
- Victoria has been reclassified as a medium-risk state
- Only exempt travellers from Victoria will be allowed into WA
- All arrivals into WA from Victoria since December 21 must self-quarantine
It means people coming from Victoria will no longer be able to enter WA from midnight tonight, unless they are an exempt traveller.
Victoria had been classified a “very low-risk” state because there had not been any community transmission for 28 days, but it has now been reclassified a “medium-risk” state, resulting in the new restrictions.
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