People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 at Royal Perth Hospital on Jan 31, 2021. PERTH: The state of Western Australia reported no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases for the second straight day on Monday , allaying fears of a second lockdown in two weeks after three new coronavirus cases were detected over the weekend.
The fresh cases forced officials to ban crowds at an Australian rules football match on Sunday and shut nightclubs until the end of this week in state capital Perth, which had emerged just days ago from a"We will review over the course of the coming day, particularly in light of test results, how things are going as to whether or not we can expire some of those restrictions at that point in time," state Premier Mark McGowan told reporters in Perth.
State authorities on Saturday had flagged the possibility of a hard lockdown in Perth, Australia's fourth-largest city, after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive for COVID-19. Though no stay-at-home orders were issued, people were asked to wear masks when they step outside of their homes.
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