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Perth hotel quarantine guard who triggered WA coronavirus lockdown has mutant UK strain
A hotel security guard who sparked a mass lockdown in Western Australia has contracted the highly contagious UK variant strain of COVID-19, authorities have revealed.
Key points:
- Close contacts of the infected hotel guard are being tested for COVID-19
- Tests have come back negative for 13 high-risk contacts
- A Perth CBD deli has been added to the list of sites the guard visited
Western Australia went into a five-day lockdown on Sunday evening after a hotel security guard working at the Four Points by Sheraton Perth tested positive to coronavirus.
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said the lockdown would be “critical” for limiting “the movement of people in the area where this case has been out and about”.
“We’ve got advice today of the strain…
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