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WA border opens tomorrow with about 8,000 arrivals to stream through Perth Airport

After two years behind a hard border, WA reopens tomorrow for quarantine-free travel into the state, with 8,000 arrivals due in just two days. It will reunite families, friends and businesses, but others are being forced into self-imposed lockdown.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

WA records 1,179 new coronavirus cases, mostly detected with RATs, as hospital admissions rise to 16

The total number of COVID cases detected in WA tops 10,000 for the first time, as the daily tally exceeds 1,000 again and more infections are picked up from rapid testing than from PCRs.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2022

WA's Omicron surge means level two COVID-19 restrictions are coming — here's what they mean

With coronavirus cases in WA now exceeding 1,000 a day, new restrictions are set to take effect, including a mask mandate in primary schools and caps on home visitors. Here's a guide to help you navigate the changes.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

WA records over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases as CHO warns asymptomatic infections 'out there'

Close contact rules are relaxed for police and health staff to keep them at work as another 1,043 COVID-19 cases emerge in Western Australia, with the Chief Health Officer warning authorities are "probably not capturing everyone" who is infected.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

WA records 732 new COVID-19 cases as Mark McGowan warns daily total will hit 1,000 soon

More than 700 new COVID-19 cases are recorded in WA again and the Premier warns the number will soon reach four figures, as a $67 million relief package is announced for businesses affected by restrictions.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

Few WA prisoners have had COVID-19 booster jab despite Omicron's steady rise

WA Premier Mark McGowan has been urging prisoners to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — but new figures reveal that at some prisons, not a single inmate has been given a booster.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

WA records 643 new local COVID-19 cases as Omicron outbreak erupts, five people in hospital

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Western Australia erupts, with 643 local infections reported plus two travel-related cases, after a series of days with the number hovering over 200.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

WA to go it alone on virus restrictions

As much of Australia prepares to unwind rules, Western Australia faces months of COVID-19 restrictions as it grapples with a growing Omicron outbreak.

AAP · Feb 22, 2022