WA reintroduces hard border with Victoria after more new Melbourne coronavirus cases

Western Australia is closing its border to travellers from Victoria and has ordered thousands of recent arrivals to self-quarantine, after the re-emergence of locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in Melbourne.

It means people coming from Victoria will no longer be able to enter WA from midnight tonight, unless they are an exempt traveller.

Victoria had been classified a “very low-risk” state because there had not been any community transmission for 28 days, but it has now been reclassified a “medium-risk” state, resulting in the new restrictions.