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WA’s coronavirus hard border with Victoria to be lifted on Saturday but quarantine still required
The WA Government plans to reclassify Victoria as “low risk” from Saturday, removing its hard border with the state and allowing travellers to head west without an exemption.
Key points:
- The WA Premier says the developments in Victoria are “pleasing”
- From this weekend, travellers from Victoria will be allowed into WA
- But they must still self-quarantine and undertake COVID-19 testing
The hard border with Victoria was reintroduced last week in response to a cluster of cases linked to a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne.
Victoria was thrown into a snap five-day lockdown as a result of the cluster, but that is now coming to an end.
From 12.01am this Saturday, Victorian travellers will be able to enter WA under strict guidelines, including that…
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