28/06/2021
Due to the WA Government announcement tonight we will be closed during the lockdown period, stay safe and we’ll be back as soon as we are able to
: Perth and Peel will enter a four day full lockdown from midnight tonight (Mon 28/6) due to a third confirmed local case of COVID-19 in WA.
The latest case is a man in his 30s who worked at the Indian Ocean Brewery in Mindarie in Perth’s northern suburbs, it’s the second case to be linked to a 51-year-old physiotherapist, who tested positive at the weekend after visiting a known Sydney hotspot.
Mr McGowan said the latest case, known as case 1024, had only fleeting contact with the woman and ate a meal at the brewery the same night as her on June the 22nd.
He also confirmed genomic sequencing has revealed the 51-year-old woman has the Delta variant.
Earlier today, it was revealed a second local case was detected.. a 32-year-old woman who had also had fairly brief contact with the 51-year-old woman.
The four day lockdown means people must stay home unless they need to shop for essentials, attend medical appointments, to get vaccinated and unless they’re essential workers.
People will be allowed to exercise for one hour a day within a five kilometre radius from their home with one other adult from the property, children under 18 are exempted.
Schools and day care centres will remain open but community sport is not permitted.
Restaurants, bars, hotels and other venues can only remain open if they serve takeaway food.. the Casino will close along with other non-essential services including retail, beauty and hair salons.
DETAILS | https://ab.co/3xYCFTO
During the 4-day lockdown, you can only leave your house for essential reasons. These reasons are:
✅ Work because it’s not possible to work from home or remotely
✅ To purchase or provide essential goods including food, groceries, medicine and necessary supplies (within 5km from home or the most practicable location)
✅ Exercise - which will be permitted for one hour per day, a maximum of 5km radius from home and for a maximum of two adults per household (children under 18 are not counted)
✅ Attend medical or healthcare needs including a COVID-19 vaccination appointment
✅ Emergencies
NEW RESTRICTIONS
🔷 Masks remain mandatory outside your home. Some exemptions apply.
🔷 If you have been in Perth and Peel and return to another region you will need to wear a mask
🔷 Visitors to the home are only permitted for essential services, caregiving, compassionate reasons, critical maintenance or in an emergency
🔷 Weddings restricted to 5 people for compassionate reasons
🔷 A maximum of 10 people are permitted at funerals
🔷 Public events and community sport are not permitted
🔷 No visitors to residential aged care and/or disability facilities, except for exceptional circumstances such as essential care, compassionate reasons, end of life and advocacy;
🔷 No visitors to hospitals except for compassionate reasons, end of life, accompanying a child, supporting a partner giving birth.
🔷 Category 2 and 3 elective surgeries will be postponed until July 9. People will be contacted to reschedule – do not contact hospitals directly
🔷 An intrastate border will now be in place for affected regions – and there will be no access permitted to remote Aboriginal communities
🔷 Hospitality venues will be open for takeaway only
🔷 Schools, boarding schools, childcare centres in the Perth and Peel regions will remain open except for the three schools that have been directly impacted as they are a listed exposure site. Mask wearing rules apply.
The following businesses, venues and locations will be required to close in Perth and Peel:
❌Universities, TAFEs and training colleges
❌Entertainment venues
❌Beauty salons, hairdressers and barbers
❌Public venues such as swimming pools, recreational centres and fitness venues including gyms
❌Casinos and nightclubs
❌Places of worship
Retail is permitted but only for essential health services and essential goods such as supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware, petrol and others.
The community is reminded to continue to adhere to COVID-safe public hygiene guidelines and check-in using SafeWA or available contact registers when outside of the home for permitted reasons.
FAQs | https://ab.co/3hcMxCM
DETAILS | https://ab.co/3xYCFTO
LIVE BLOG | https://ab.co/3qAxcQz
LOCKDOWN | https://bit.ly/3Abtst0
COVID CLINICS | https://bit.ly/3h82bz6
EXPOSURE SITES | https://bit.ly/3y2CVRB
