WA will reclassify NSW as an 'extreme risk' state from Thursday, ushering in the most severe state border restrictions seen in Australia since the start of the pandemic.
Western Australia will reclassify New South Wales as a COVID-19 "extreme risk" state from Thursday.The change represents the most severe state border restrictions ever seenPremier Mark McGowan said the five-day rolling average of cases in NSW is now 531, triggering the reclassification up from high risk.
The change will usher in the most severe state border restrictions seen in Australia since the start of the pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantine for NSW arrivals, very limited exemptions and three COVID-19 tests during quarantine."That means West Australians who want to come home need to do so now," he said.To return to WA, travellers must have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and show they have had a negative test in the 72 hours before departure.
Mr McGowan said he understood some people may be finding it difficult to have a COVID test returned in 72 hours due to the outbreak in NSW. As a result, WA Police and WA Health will now accept a negative test result outside that timeframe if the test has been taken in recent days. "I understand this may be an anxious time for some but the risk in New South Wales is too big and we need to take new steps to protect Western Australia to keep our state safe," the premier said.Under an extreme risk classification, the only people allowed into WA will be certain Commonwealth and state officials and people with specialist jobs.
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