Effective from 6pm tonight, Sunday, 31 January 2021 until 6pm Friday, 5 February, the Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions will enter a five-day lockdown.
These measures are being implemented due to a fast evolving situation with a positive COVID-19 case detected in a hotel quarantine worker.
People will be required to stay at home unless they need to:
- work because they can’t work from home or remotely;
- shop for essentials like groceries, medicine and necessary supplies;
- medical or health care needs including compassionate requirements and looking after the vulnerable; and
- exercise with only one other person, limited to one hour per day in your neighbourhood and masks must be worn.
Masks are to be worn at all times when outside of your place of residence, this includes at workplaces and on public transport.
Schools will be closed for this week. Term 1, 2021 was due to start from February 1 but that will be postponed by one week.
The following restrictions apply for the lockdown period:
- People should not leave Perth, Peel or the South-West during this period
- People can enter Perth, Peel or the South-West only to access or deliver essential health and emergency services and other essential requirements;
- Non-residents currently in Perth, Peel and the South-West are required to remain until the end of the restriction period however if you must leave for serious reasons; you are to then return home immediately, stay home and tested if symptoms develop;
- Restaurants and cafes to provide takeaway service only;
- Elective surgery and procedures for categories 2 and 3 will be suspended from Tuesday, February 2. Category 1 and urgent category 2 surgery will continue;
- No visitors will be allowed in homes, unless caring for a vulnerable person or an emergency;
- No visitors to hospitals or residential aged care and/or disability facilities, unless there are exceptional circumstances;
- No weddings will be permitted;
- Funerals are limited to 10 people; and
- Travel remains prohibited within remote Aboriginal communities.
The following facilities within the Perth metropolitan, Peel and South-West regions will need to close:
- Schools, universities, TAFES and education facilities;
- Pubs, bars and clubs;
- Gyms and indoor sporting venues;
- Playgrounds, skate parks and outdoor recreational facilities;
- Cinemas, entertainment venues, and casinos;
- Large religious gatherings and places of worship; and
- Libraries and cultural institutions.
People are encouraged to get tested if they have symptoms and if people have been to an exposure site, they must go and get tested.
The case has been to the following locations and people who were at these venues on these dates must go get tested. In addition to the below sites, people who live or work in the Falkirk Avenue Maylands shopping centre precinct should present for a test.
| Business | Suburb | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coles | Maylands | Monday 25 January | 8pm to 10pm |
| Arena Convenience Store | Perth | Wednesday 27 January | 2pm to 3pm |
| KFC | Maylands | Wednesday 27 January | 6pm to 12am (midnight) |
| Mitsubishi Motors car dealership | Midland | Wednesday 27 January | 7pm to close |
| Spudshed Coventry Village | Morley | Wednesday 27 January | 8pm to 12am (midnight) |
| Edith Cowan University Joondalup campus | Joondalup | Thursday 28 January | 11am to 2pm |
| Consulate General of India, St Georges Terrace | Perth | Thursday 28 January | 12pm (midday) to 5pm |
| Halal Grocery Store | Cloverdale | Thursday 28 January | 7pm to 9pm |
| Venus Ladies and Gentleman Hair Design | Maylands | Friday 29 January | 1pm to 3pm |
| Perth Convention Centre | Perth | Friday 29 January | 4pm to 6pm |
| Nedlands Family Practice GP surgery | Nedlands | Friday 29 January | 5pm to 6pm |
| Chemist Warehouse | North Perth | Friday 29 January | 5.30pm to 7.30pm |
| 7-Eleven petrol station | Ascot | Friday 29 January | 8pm to 9pm |
| Coles | Maylands | Friday 29 January | 8pm to 9pm |
| Genesis Gym | Belmont | Saturday 30 January | 9.30am to 12pm |
| Puma Service Station | Burswood | Saturday 30 January | 11am to 12pm (midday) |
| Coles Express/Shell Service Station | Cloverdale | Saturday 30 January | 12pm (midday) to 3pm |
| Pharmacy 777 Maylands Park Shopping Centre | Maylands | Saturday 30 January | 2.30pm to 4pm |
WA COVID clinic operating hours will be extended as part of a testing surge.
Find your nearest testing location below.