WA Health has reported zero new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1122. To date, 1105 people have recovered from the virus in WA. WA is monitoring eight active cases who are all in hotel quarantine.
Border controls
Information about Western Australia’s is available online.
South Australia
Recent arrivals to WA from SA are encouraged to regularly check the , which is being regularly updated. WA Health will be contacting arrivals who may be impacted.
Unless advised otherwise by WA Health, arrivals to WA from SA who have visited a listed close or casual contact exposure location at the relevant time are required to:
- present for a COVID-19 test on arrival (within 48 hours) and on day 12
- self-quarantine for 14 days from date of exposure.
Arrivals who visited a listed low-risk casual contact exposure location at the relevant time, as determined by SA Health, are required to monitor their health and get tested if they develop symptoms of COVID-19.
Anyone who has recently arrived from South Australia and has not visited any of the listed venues should present for COVID-19 testing if they develop symptoms and keep checking the list of exposure sites.
Northern Territory
Based on the latest health advice, the Northern Territory has transitioned from ‘very low risk’ to ‘‘ border controls under Western Australia’s controlled border effective Tuesday, 16 November (4pm WST).
Under the low risk category, travel is permitted from the NT into WA, subject to the following strict conditions:
- be double dose vaccinated against COVID-19 (if eligible);
- present for a COVID-19 test on arrival (within 48 hours) and on day 12;
- self-quarantine for 14 days in suitable premises;
- complete a declaration prior to arrival, stipulating they do not have any COVID-19 symptoms and which jurisdictions they have been in the previous 14 days;
- land arrivals to be met at the border checkpoint, for a health screening and to have their G2G Pass declaration checked before proceeding to their self-quarantine premises.
Unless advised otherwise by WA Health, anyone who arrived in WA from the NT before the change to ‘low risk’ at 4pm on 16 November 2021 and who visited a NT close or casual at the relevant time is required to:
- present for a COVID-19 test on arrival (within 48 hours) and on day 12
- self-quarantine for 14 days from date of exposure.
Anyone else who arrived in WA from the NT before 4pm on 16 November are advised to regularly check the , which are changing frequently and get tested if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms.
Tasmania
Anyone who has been to an exposure location listed on the should quarantine until they have been advised otherwise by Public Health.
Anyone who has recently arrived from Tasmania and has not visited any of the listed venues should present for COVID-19 testing if they develop symptoms and keep checking the list of exposure sites.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 230 people were swabbed at State-run clinics.*
A list of all is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations
The State Government announced yesterday a ‘.
Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 17,714 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 10,402 of these were second doses. The total includes 3,301 historic COVID-19 vaccine doses*. These figures represent COVID-19 vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout**.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the **.
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