"(He) wasn't expected to have been infectious in the community. [63], From 31 January, proof of vaccination was required for entry to hospitals, aged care facilities, hospitality and indoor entertainment venues across the state. [137], By 1 August, Australia's national death toll exceeded 200. Timeline of events which sparked Perth, Peel COVID-19 lockdown. 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In a televised address to the nation, the PM said that even those nations with the best medical facilities could not contain the virus and that social distancing is the only option to mitigate it. e UK? From 31 January, foreign nationals returning from China were required to have spent a fortnight in a third country before being allowed into Australia. Following a pandemic being declared by the World Health Organisation on March 11, the Commonwealth enacted a raft of unprecedented measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 including closing the international border, mandating hotel quarantine for returning Australians and whittling non-essential gathering limits down to just two people. Professor Clements said there was also an element of luck in that WA was isolated and not an international travel hub, but good management could be seen in the swift action by authorities: "the government went hard and I think that was the right thing to do". ), On 20 July, the number of daily overseas arrivals allowed at Sydney Airport was reduced from 450 (since 5 July) to350. The opening exhibition of the 2022 Perth Festival was cancelled because of the "current public health situation". [8], Twenty-four Australians were infected on the Diamond Princess cruise ship with eight being sent to Darwin for two weeks of quarantine. By Sarah Swain. Schools were prevented from organising gatherings of over 500, including swimming and sports carnivals, interschool carnivals, performances, concerts, exhibitions, fetes and fairs. WA has had at least six people breach the states quarantine measures, although none were infected with coronavirus at the time. . A timeline of WAs COVID-19 response: Was our success luck, good management, or a bit of both? On 24 March, Western Australia closed its borders to the rest of Australia, and on 1 April, the state implemented borders between regions in the state. [3], Western Australia's low case numbers were attributed to a swift introduction of restrictions by authorities, a strict state border policy, and its isolation. [200], Also on 21 December, the Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry published it final report. The listed restrictions included a reduction of the four-square-metre rule for enclosed venues to two square metres, as well as the allowance of 50% capacity limits for large venues such as Optus Stadium which seats 60,000 patrons at full capacity. [156], On 27 September, with the cases in Melbourne continuing to fall, restrictions there were loosened: the night-time curfew ended the next day, outdoor exercise with a personal trainer was allowed, public gathering limits were increased (up to five people from a maximum of two households could meet outdoors for social interaction) and childcare reopened the next day, with kindergarten programs returning from 5 October. Since eliminating community transmission, the state government has taken the lead from the federal government in honing WA's protective measures, including tightening WA's border closure with Victoria and New South Wales following a second wave of infections, and introducing new measures to test those in hotel quarantine and truck drivers, who pose the highest threat of reinfection. There were only a handful of cases of community transmission in the state after mid-April,[2] until late December 2021 when a tourist caused an outbreak that led to the cancelling of some New Year's Eve events, and the re-imposing of mask wearing rules in Perth and the Peel region. [74], On 5 April, the Queen of Australia addressed the Commonwealth in a televised broadcast, in which she asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return". CQV is part of the government's response to the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Enquirys' interim report. [81], On 13 April, the Tasmanian government closed the North West Regional Hospital and North West Private Hospital for cleaning, and put the entire staff of over 1,000 people and their families into quarantine. Premier Mark McGowan announced the Perth and Peel region "can return to pre-lockdown life" after that date. The lockdown, announced in a televised address to the nation on Monday night, is part of efforts to curb the rapid spread of the Coronavirus in the country. When the app was introduced in November 2020, the WA Health Minister said that only tracing personnel would have access to the data. People coming from overseas were required to self-isolate for 14 days. [192] Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly had designated the region a COVID-19 hotspot in line with the National Cabinet's guidelines, which designates a metropolitan area a potential hotspot if it registers 30 or more community transmissions within three days. Further to an announcement by Premier Mark McGowan this afternoon (Friday 23 April 2021) Perth and Peel will go into lockdown for three days, from midnight tonight until midnight on Monday 26 April 2021. [178][179], On 16 November South Australia reintroduced "a number of significant restrictions" after an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. 10 Christmas party raged on December 18, 2020, less than 24 hours before Boris Johnson raised Covid lockdown measures to Tier 4 and ordered everyone to remain local Residents will need to have a Service NSW account to receive their vouchers. Perth: 2021-01-31: 2021-02-05: 5 2021-04-23: 2021-04-26: 3 2021-06-28: 2021-07-02: 4 61 Metropolitan area . He had attended several large social events,[53] and subsequently, as of 5January2022[update], 21 local cases were linked to that event. [26] Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson advised that they had tested positive and were in isolation. The day before, at 3pm, it was announced that 2,315 of the 5,687 confirmed coronavirus cases had recovered. Parliament was rescheduled to return on 24 August. Perth, Australia, on Monday, the first full day of its lockdown. On 15 March, premier Mark McGowan declared a state of emergency. [140] The increased restrictions included a curfew across Melbourne from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting immediately,[141] while other changes that took effect from 8 August were that abattoir production was reduced by a third and poultry production by one fifth to allow for reduced worker numbers. WA to enter three-day snap . Up to 10 people were allowed at indoor religious gatherings. ", "The Government wants to track us via our phones. There will be exemptions for health, emergency, defence and policing personnel. In response, Premier Gladys Berejiklian imposed social gathering restrictions across Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, and the Central Coast areas including a ten-person limit on private gatherings and restrictions on dancing and singing. There has been one death in the state. The Perth and Peel restrictions have ended as planned from 12.01am, Sunday, 14 February. Specifically, from 4pm today the following facilities will be closed . For border entry, special exemptions and 14 days quarantine were required. WA has since moved to tighten its hotel quarantine infection control measures, and has enlisted the Australian Defence Force for additional support. [8], From 16 March, a range of restrictions were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. [182], On 24 November, Victoria recorded no active cases in the state for the first time since 29 February. [125], On 18 December, Sydney's Northern Beaches was declared a national COVID-19 hotspot following an outbreak that was linked to 28 cases. [10], On 1 April, regional border restrictions were implemented across Western Australia restricting travel between regions to essential services only. Major sport and entertainment venues allowed 50% capacity. On 23 January, biosecurity officials began screening arrivals on flights from Wuhan to Sydney. [57], As of 12.01am on 3 January, WA declared Tasmania and the ACT to be "high risk" locations. [28], On 31 January 2021, a quarantine hotel security guard at the Four Points by Sheraton in Perth tested positive. The patient was tested and received treatment in Melbourne. [152], On 6 September, the Victorian Government released their five-step roadmap to reopening, which detailed the conditions which needed to be met to facilitate the gradual easing of Victoria's restrictions. [121], On 30 December, a new cluster was announced in New South Wales, comprising six members of an extended family living in Croydon and two other locations, found through testing of a symptomatic family member. People were given a 48-hour warning to return to their home region. New South Wales health authorities asked all passengers to go into self-isolation. lockdown in the UK, ordering people to "stay at home" 26 March Lockdown measures legally come into force 25 March Coronavirus Act 2020 gets Royal Assent 16 March PM says "now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and travel" 10 May PM announces a conditional plan for lifting lockdown, and says that people who cannot work The immediate circuit breaker lockdown has been introduced on the best of public health advice due to a fast evolving situation in Western Australia following a third COVID-19 . It seeks to avoid duplication of the announcements made by the Australian Government as much as possible. [4][5][6], Nine cases were recorded in January. [112] The same day restrictions were re-tightened in Victoria, the Western Australian Government announced the state would move into "Phase 4" from 27 June, permitting some of the most relaxed restrictions in the country. [82], On 14 April the Federal government announced the "COVIDSafe" digital contact tracing app. [161], The 2020 Federal Budget, due to be delivered in May but delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, is delivered on 6 October. [125], From 5 July, at the request of the NSW Government, the Federal Government introduced restrictions on the number of passengers arriving at Sydney Airport. 28 June 2021 - Perth & Peel COVID-19 Lockdown from 29 June to 2 July 2021 Listen 26 April 2021 COVID-19 Perth and Peel Restrictions from 27 April Listen 5 February 2021 - COVID-19 Perth & Peel Restrictions from 8 February Listen 31 January 2021 - COVID-19 Lockdown Perth, Peel & South West Region Listen 2020 This teacher, a woman in her 50s, was confirmed to be the partner of an individual who was on the same flight from the US that the general practitioner (GP) of Toorak Clinic was on. Ireland has been in lockdown for nearly six weeks now but as of May 5, . Firstly it really reinforces that message, which is a true one, that most people who get this disease do recover". 3:35am Apr 27, 2021. Under the restrictions, masks remained mandatory indoors and outdoors in the Perth and Peel regions, unless people had a medical exemption, or were doing vigorous exercise outside. Boris Johnson has publicly spoken out about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal; ministers briefly considered ordering all domestic cats in Britain to be killed during COVID, a former health . [12], On 29 February, after a Queensland case of an infected person returning to Australia from Iran, the government extended the enforced quarantine to people who had been in Iran, requiring them to spend a fortnight in a third country before being allowed into Australia. FULL LIST OF PERTH EXPOSURE SITES Hotspots: -Joondalup: Thai Thyme, Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre, Joondalup Drive, April 20 from 4.45pm-5.15pm, April 21 from 4.45pm- 5.15pm, April 22 from. [35] In response to the lockdown, Air New Zealand canceled a flight between Auckland and Perth. "[25], On 12 March, the ACT announced its first case, the 142nd case in Australia. China accounted for 3000 of the deaths at the time. But there are at least 48 days until indoor gatherings and overnight stays are allowed. (ABC News: Andrew O'Connor) [64], On 18 February, it was announced the border would reopen on 3 March for people from outside Australia and triple vaccinated people from interstate. Enforcement began after 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday 22 July to allow time to acquire a face covering. [168], On 26 October, the "second wave" ended when Victoria recorded zero new cases and zero deaths statewide for the first time since 9 June 139 days. [citation needed], On 1 March, Australia reported the first death from COVID-19: a 78-year-old Perth man, who was one of the passengers from Diamond Princess, and who had been evacuated and was being treated in Western Australia. This brought the total number of cases within the Northern Beaches cluster to 66. [79] On 27 and 28 April, four residents of the home died in less than 24 hours, bringing to eleven the number of residents who had died from COVID-19 since 11 April. [80], On 21 May, the Northern Territory had also announced that there were no more active cases left in the jurisdiction. The Perth and the Peel region will be plunged into four-day lockdown, at a minimum, from 12.01am on Tuesday morning after the northern suburbs recorded its third positive coronavirus case since Sunday.. Premier Mark McGowan described the lockdown as a "circuit breaker" to help slow the virus' spread. The two cases were in New South Wales: one was acquired from a close relative and the other was a health care worker in Western Sydney. The four-day lockdown of Perth and the Peel region in Western Australia lifted on Saturday, 3 July, with the last of coronavirus restrictions lifted on Monday 12 July. New arrivals from WA had to have a COVID-19 test within 48 hours, or undergo 14 days of quarantine. [92] By 18 May, this had increased to 12 cases, and on that day it was revealed that a delivery driver had tested positive, prompting the closing for cleaning of 12 more McDonald's locations: Melton East, Laverton North, Yallambie, Taylors Lakes, Campbellfield, Sunbury, Hoppers Crossing, Riverdale Village, Sandown, Calder Highway Northbound/Outbound, Calder Highway Southbound/Inbound, and BP Rockbank Service Centre Outbound. 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Ahead of April 12, this comes next Monday (Easter Monday). By 2April, 34passengers and 5 crew members had tested positive for the virus in New South Wales alone. It was headed by retired judge Jennifer Coate, and scheduled to deliver its report to the Governor by 25 September. [86], On 30 April 2020, the ACT declared itself to be free of all known cases of COVID-19, the first Australian jurisdiction. . This was the first new case in 19 days for the state. Western Australia's premier, Mark McGowan, announced on Friday the lockdown affecting metropolitan Perth, Peel and the south-west region would be lifted at 6pm local time.It was introduced after . WA Premier Mark McGowan flanked by Health Minister Roger Cook and Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson. A lockdown from 6pm on 31January to 6pm on 5February was declared for the Perth, Peel and South West regions. [4], Western Australia confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on 21 February 2020, a man who was evacuated off the Diamond Princess cruise ship and flown to Darwin. More than 38,000 people had been tested in the previous 24 hours. The University of Queensland stopped all teaching for the week after three students tested positive for the virus. [159], Canberra's 2021 Summernats 34 car festival was "delayed" in late September 2020 until January 2022. The man infected a cleaner at the hotel, who then went on to infect two others in the community. [192][193] In response, Queensland health authorities imposed new border restrictions on anyone entering Queensland who had visited the Northern Beaches cluster area including a mandatory two-week quarantine period. [173][174], On 1 November 2020, Australia recorded zero cases of community transmission nationwide for the first time since 9 June 2020. [181], On 23 November, the Australian Capital Territory government announced the "ChooseCBR" electronic voucher discount scheme to help stimulate local businesses during the "coronavirus recession". It will oversee all parts of the Victorian quarantine program. A$750million was allocated for capital works and public asset maintenance. Monday March 23, will be the final day of the term for kids in Victoria. Nonetheless, on August 14, WA introduced mandatory masks and testing for truck drivers. [10], On 27 February, the prime minister activated the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19),[11] stating that the rapid spread of the virus outside of China had prompted the government to elevate its response. Gatherings of up to 10 people permitted. 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[165], On 16 October a trans-Tasman travel bubble went into effect, whereby travellers from New Zealand were able to go to New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory without having to quarantine upon arrival. [32] The Victorian government declared they are suspending all jury trials to limit the spread of the virus. [76], On 11 April, the charity Anglicare was advised of an outbreak at its Newmarch House aged care nursing home in Caddens, New South Wales. [2], On 24 March, the state borders were closed and all interstate arrivals were required to self-isolate for 14 days. The Department of Health has reported 23 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the State's total to 278. . [166], On 19 October, restrictions were eased in Victoria; the two-hour time limit for exercise and socialising was lifted, groups of up to 10 people from two households were allowed to gather outdoors, outdoor sports settings like tennis courts, golf courses and skateparks could reopen, outdoor swimming pools can host up to 30 swimmers, hairdressers were able to open with strict safety protocols in place, outdoor real estate auctions were allowed to go ahead with up to 10 people plus staff, non-essential outdoor home maintenance can take place with up to five workers and many allied health services resumed to face-to-face services.