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Perth and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers
As Perth and the Peel region enter a third day of lockdown, residents and businesses are anxiously waiting to find out whether the snap shutdown will end tomorrow as scheduled.
Key points:
- The Perth and Peel lockdown is due to end at 12:01am on Tuesday
- However, the WA Premier says some measures will remain
- More potential exposure sites are likely to be revealed
To date, two people have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 via community transmission, after a Victorian man likely became infected while in Perth hotel quarantine.
A three-day lockdown was announced on Friday after the man — a returned overseas traveller — tested positive when he landed in Melbourne, having just completed 14 days of hotel quarantine in Perth and…
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