Perth lockdown to end midnight Monday as no new COVID community cases recorded

The lockdown of the Perth and Peel region will end at midnight tonight after Western Australia recorded no new community spread of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.

But Premier Mark McGowan said while people were free to leave their homes and return to work and schools would be open as usual, some interim restrictions would remain for the next four days, including the mandatory wearing of face masks for adults.

Masks will not be mandatory for primary school students, but secondary school students will need to wear them.

Staff at primary and secondary schools will need to wear masks.

Masks will remain compulsory until at least 12.01am on Saturday, when the interim restrictions are reviewed. 

Indoor fitness venues, nightclubs and the…