Perth woman tests positive to coronavirus after having lunch at a Bondi cafe at the same time as an infected Sydneysider before flying home
- West Australian woman has tested positive to coronavirus after dining in a Bondi
- Authorities are concerned she has the highly infectious Delta strain of Covid
- Western Australia has now introduced restrictions for at least three days
A West Australian woman has tested positive to coronavirus after dining in a Bondi cafe at the same time as an infected Sydneysider before flying home.
The woman, who works as a physiotherapist, ate lunch at Lyfe Cafe in Sydney’s east before flying home to Perth on June 20, when she returned a negative Covid test.
She has since tested positive, and authorities are concerned she likely has the Delta variant of the virus which thrust Greater Sydney into a two week lockdown on Saturday.
As a result, Western Australia has introduced sweeping restrictions to the Perth-Peel region to minimise the risk of a widespread outbreak.
The woman, who works as a physiotherapist, ate lunch at Lyfe Cafe in Sydney’s east before flying home to Perth on June 20, when she returned a negative Covid test
Face masks will be mandatory for at least the next three days on public transport, all indoor settings and outdoors when physical distancing is not possible.
All public events that cannot be restricted to under 150 people must be cancelled, including Chicken and Beer Festival.
The AFL match between West Coast Eagles and Western Bulldogs will be played without any spectators.
A 30-person limit has also been introduced for all private gatherings, while hospitality, retail and entertainment venues must now comply with the two square metre rule.
Weddings and funerals will be permitted to proceed with no more than 150 attendees.
Authorities are urging residents to restrict their movements wherever possible and travel to remote Aboriginal communities will be restricted, Premier Mark McGowan said
But authorities are urging residents to restrict their movements wherever possible and travel to remote Aboriginal communities will be restricted, Premier Mark McGowan said.
Western Australia is the fourth state on Sunday to record new Covid cases overnight, after Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.
In New South Wales, an additional 30 cases were detected. Greater Sydney is on day one of a 14-day lockdown, and authorities refuse to guarantee restrictions will be eased when scheduled.
Swathes of the Northern Territory were plunged into a 48 hour lockdown from 1pm after recording four new cases, all linked to a fly-in-fly-out miner from Queensland who could have come into contact with 1,500 people while infectious.
Meanwhile Queensland is fighting Covid on three fronts, with two new cases identified in Brisbane, the miner and a Virgin Australia flight attendant who crewed five flights between Friday and Saturday while infectious.
More to come