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New UK coronavirus strain found in Perth hotel quarantine system as three arrivals test positive
Three people in Western Australia’s hotel quarantine system tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant from the UK, Premier Mark McGowan has revealed.
Key points:
- The infected travellers “probably” arrived from the UK, the Premier says
- He says precautions to prevent the strain from spreading are “very strong”
- WA has recorded one new COVID-19 case in hotel quarantine
The cases all arrived from London between the 16th and 20th of December 2020, and have recovered and since left hotel quarantine.
It comes after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new national lockdown for England to combat the fast-spreading mutant strain of coronavirus.
“We’ve done testing of the most recent cases. Unfortunately, what we’ve found in our hotel…
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