Perth to enter snap three-day lockdown after Covid spreads from hotel quarantine into community

WA premier Mark McGowan announces restrictions after Victorian man, who contracted coronavirus at the Mercure in Perth, infected a friend

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Perth and Peel will enter a snap three-day lockdown from midnight Friday after a Victorian man, who tested positive to Covid-19, spent five days in the community while infectious after leaving hotel quarantine.

The Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, announced the lockdown - which will remain in place until midnight Monday - after a close contact of the Victorian man also tested positive.