According health officials, the man is likely to have contracted the virus during a two-week quarantine stay in a Perth hotel. The three-day lockdown begins at midnight on Friday, Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said. Western Australia's capital of Perth and the neighbouring Peel region will enter a snap three-day lockdown from midnight on Friday after a man tested positive for Covid-19 after emerging from hotel quarantine. One of his close contacts in Perth has been found to have Covid-19, Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said in a televised news conference where he announced the lockdown. Returned travelers, except from New Zealand, have to undergo two weeks of mandatory hotel quarantine at their own expense.

Source: News 24 April 23, 2021 08:59 UTC