Perth Plunged Into Three-Day Lockdown After COVID-19 Outbreak

Perth Plunged Into Three-Day Lockdown After COVID-19 Outbreak
Police are seen on patrol at a COVID-19 drive through clinic in Inglewood where members of the public have been waited over two hours in line on Feb. 1, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images
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Metropolitan Perth and the Peel region will go into a three-day lockdown from midnight on Friday after a hotel quarantine outbreak led to community transmission.

Western Australia (WA) Premier Mark McGowan says the lockdown is a necessary measure after two people, including a man who stayed in the hotel and completed quarantine before flying to Melbourne, spent days in the community while infectious.

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