Security guard who worked at a Perth quarantine hotel and two of his housemates test positive to Covid-19 – but WA Premier Mark McGowan stops short of calling a second lockdown

  • Pan Pacific hotel security guard aged in his 20s tested positive to Covid-19 

By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 08:49 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 09:08 BST, 1 May 2021

A security guard at a Perth hotel quarantine facility has tested positive to Covid-19 along with two of his house mates.

The guard, aged in his 20s, had worked at the Pan Pacific hotel but Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan stopped short of sending the city into a second lockdown. 

The man and his two house mates have been moved into hotel quarantine with Mr McGowan confirming the guard worked at the hotel on April 24, 25 and 26. 

He had received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccination. 

‘What has helped enormously is that, due to the interim restrictions we have had in place since Tuesday, they have significantly reduced movement in the community and everyone has been wearing masks,’ Mr McGowan said in a snap press conference on Saturday.

A security guard at a Perth hotel quarantine facility has tested positive to Covid-19 along with two of his house mates

A security guard at a Perth hotel quarantine facility has tested positive to Covid-19 along with two of his house mates

‘That gives us some confidence that the risk of transmission is significantly lower than it would normally be. 

‘These factors and the fact we have picked up this case as early means we can avoid moving into a lockdown at this point.’ 

It’s not yet known how the security guard became infected but there may have been some transmission from international arrivals moving into the hotel on April 24.

CCTV of the hotel will be reviewed. 

The infected man lives in a house with seven people in Nollamara but so far only two others have tested positive, one being from Canberra. 

Health authorities believe he may have been infectious while dropping friends to work and visiting another person’s house on April 27. 

Mr McGowan has urged all Perth and Peel residents to wear their masks again while indoors and outside. 

More to come. 

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