New Measures as Western Australia Enters ‘High COVID Caseload’

A man wearing a mask walks along the foreshore in Perth, Australia on Jun. 29, 2021. Photo by TREVOR COLLENS/AFP via Getty Images

The Western Australia (WA) government has entered its next phase of the pandemic and unlocked new measures that had been drawn up in preparation for when the state reached a high COVID-19 caseload environment.

Cases in WA have continued to climb, with the government pulling the trigger on Feb. 7 as the state records 265 active cases.