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Frustrated travellers bear brunt of WA’s swift change to COVID-19 border rules for Queensland
Western Australia’s swift new Queensland border restrictions have caused frustration and despair at Perth Airport as travellers were met with a COVID-19 test before being ordered straight into self-quarantine.
Key points:
- WA’s hard border with Queensland is being reinstated
- It followed a case of the mutant UK strain of the virus in Queensland
- Many travellers at Perth Airport were caught off guard by the changes
Premier Mark McGowan today announced WA’s hard border with Queensland would be reinstated from midnight in a bid to “protect all Western Australians”.
It came after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel in Brisbane tested positive on Thursday to the mutant UK strain of the virus, but had already spent five days in the community…
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