Perth’s post-COVID lockdown rules explained, from mask-wearing to nightclubbing

After a week unlike any other in Western Australia’s recent memory, the end is now in sight for a lockdown that has kept 2 million people inside for five days.

But it will be some time yet before life in Perth returns to normal.

So, with restrictions to continue in WA for some time yet, what are the key things you need to know?

Is the lockdown over?

Not yet, but barring a late hiccup, it will be at 6:00pm tonight.

Tens of thousands of tests have been conducted since a hotel quarantine security guard tested positive for COVID-19 and they have all returned negative results.

Unless a positive is discovered between now and then, the shutdown will end.

If you are in the South West, life will return to as it was before the lockdown — there will be…