Perth's snap three-day lockdown sparks border closures across Australia

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Perth has effectively been cut off from New Zealand and much of Australia, as New Zealand, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory closed their borders to anyone from the Western Australia capital. 9News

From Saturday, only local residents will be allowed to return from Perth or Peel into Queensland, Victoria or South Australia and any new arrivals must quarantine for 14 days, while even residents need a special exemption to enter Tasmania.

Queensland arrivals must go straight into hotel quarantine while Victorians and South Australians returning to their home state from Perth can quarantine at home. Those already in Tasmania who visited an exposure site in Perth or Peel should contact Tasmanian health authorities.on Wednesday from Perth to Melbourne are required to isolate for 14 days.

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It will die down never wanted this so blame the bat as animals do that for there rights from being extinct I tried too help africa but they went against too get the animals hoping for more viruses but I just want help them for not being royal worthy brothers what are you doing

How could that quarantine hotel allowed visitors booked in? Are they supposed separately? Government should let all citizens know which are the hotels doing quarantine? So peoples don’t book them!

So basically everyone but nsw

How long will this happen? Will we ever have our normal life back? Or is that the normal life now?

McGowan is a man that loves ultimate power, there is NO need to shut down for 3 days in a scientific basis, but there is a need for McGowan to weild his tremendous power every now and then

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