In the comments on her post, others agreed, saying they knew others who were equally as impressed. “They wish desperately the same thing had been done in the EU.” Members of the public head to City beach at sunset for their one hour of exercise in Perth, Monday, February 1, 2021. “Several of my European clients have heard about the #Perthlockdown and have been telling me how impressed they are that we are taking such swift action for just one case of covid,” she wrote. Must be nice!” European perspectiveĮmily, a translator based in Perth, spoke about the perspective of her European clients. Just #leadership & an actual, strategic plan. “#perthlockdown 4 hours from case detection. “Meanwhile in #Perth where just 1 case was detected, decisive, swift action was taken, almost like they were prepared,” Mari-Anne, a lawyer from London wrote. On Twitter, the short lockdown has also been met with praise from those suffering in countries devastated by the COVID pandemic. West Australian Premier Mark McGowan called for a five-day lockdown for metropolitan Perth and two nearby regions after a COVID-19 hotel quarantine breach. In an analysis headlined “One Case, Total Lockdown: Australia’s Lessons for a Pandemic World”, the paper noted how quickly West Aussies had adapted to wearing masks and living with the new protocols. The lockdown has attracted global attention, with The New York Times labelling Australia a “success story” of the pandemic.
His case was the first locally acquired infection in over 10 months in WA. The Maylands man had visited a number of locations across Perth while infectious. “We are not running a blank cheque budget,” Morrison said.For more Health & Wellbeing related news and videos check out Health & Wellbeing > This is on top of more than $4.4 billion allocated for vaccines purchases,” Morrison said in a speech in Canberra.Ĭlassifying the inoculation programme as his “first priority”, Morrison said the economy must now begin to wean itself off government spending.Īustralia has pledged more than A$250 billion in stimulus, which has already begun to taper.īut Morrison said there was a limit to the support government could afford. “The strategy is backed by an initial allocation of around A$1.9 billion in new support for the vaccine roll-out. Tests on the rest of the close contacts were expected to be completed on Monday, McGowan said.Īustralia has managed to largely contain its novel coronavirus epidemic – limiting cases to nearly 29,000 and deaths to 909 – with the sort of decisive action seen in Perth, and tight border controls.Ī vaccine campaign is due to begin this month, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison said would cost at least A$6.3 billion ($4.8 billion).Īustralia had already pledged to spend A$4.4 billion to acquire enough doses for its 26 million population, but Morrison said his government had set aside a further A$1.9 billion to pay for the roll-out. “In total 13 close contacts have now tested negative and of those 11 high-risk contacts have been moved into hotel quarantine as an extra precaution,” Western Australia state Premier Mark McGowan told reporters in Perth. The state government said 66 people have been deemed close contacts of the unidentified guard and none of those already tested were infected.
ONE CORONAVIRUS CASE TOTAL LOCKDOWN AUSTRALIAS FULL
CANBERRA: About 2 million Australians begun their first full day of a strict coronavirus lockdown on Monday following the discovery of one case in the community in Perth, capital of Western Australia state, but no new cases have since been found.Īuthorities ordered a five-day lockdown of Perth after a security guard at a hotel used to quarantine people returning from overseas was found to have contracted the virus.
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