WA coronavirus hotel quarantine security companies agree to ban on second jobs

All four security companies operating the state’s quarantine hotels have agreed to ban workers from having second jobs, the WA Government has confirmed.

It comes after a security guard, who worked a second job as a ride share driver, tested positive to the UK stain of COVID-19, sparking a five-day lockdown last week for 80 per cent of the state’s population.

WA Premier Mark McGowan said the second job ban was expected to be in place by next Monday.

It will affect all security workers across the nine hotels quarantining overseas arrivals for 14 days.

“Obviously people working in hotel quarantine still have…