COVID-19 update 2 December 2021

WA Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.

The State’s total remains at 1121. To date, 1111 people have recovered from the virus in WA. WA is monitoring one active case who is in hotel quarantine.

Border controls

South Australia update

Based on the latest health advice, South Australia will transition from 'low risk' to medium risk border controls under Western Australia's controlled border from 12.01am WST Friday, December 3.

Any Western Australian who has recently travelled to South Australia is eligible to return under compassionate grounds and must apply through the G2G Pass system.

Approved travellers arriving in WA from 12.01am Friday, 3 December 2021 via South Australia must:

• provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test 72 hours prior to departure;
• be double dose vaccinated against COVID-19, if eligible;
• self-quarantine in a suitable premise for 14 days;
• present for an initial COVID-19 test within 48 hours;
• present for a COVID-19 test if any symptoms develop during quarantine;
• present for a COVID-19 test on day 12 after arrival in WA.

Unless advised otherwise by WA Health, anyone who arrived in WA from SA before 1.15pm on Saturday, November 27 and who visited a listed SA close or casual site listed on the SA Exposure Locations website 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 from SA who entered WA between 23 and 27 November should keep checking theSA Exposure Locations website and get tested if they develop symptoms.

  Northern Territory

  NT remains under the 'low risk' category. Travel is permitted from the NT into WA, subject to the following strict conditions:
  • Be double dose vaccinated for 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 G2G Pass declaration before 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 listed NT close or casual exposure site or location (community) of concern (external link) 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 is advised to regularly check the NT exposure sites, which are changing frequently, and get tested if they develop any COVID-19 symptoms.

Tasmania

Anyone who has been to a listed close or casual contact exposure location listed on the Tasmania website (external site) should get tested and quarantine until they have been advised otherwise by WA 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.

More information about Western Australia’s controlled border arrangements, conditions of entry and quarantine is available online.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 546 people were swabbed at State-run clinics.*

A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.

COVID-19 vaccinations*

Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 16,910 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 9964 of these were second doses. The total includes 3288 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 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**.

A mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for a majority of occupations and workforces in WA is being introduced in a phased approach. For more information on getting your COVID-19 vaccine, visit: https://rollup.wa.gov.au/

A new vaccination clinic for people with special needs opened at the Carramar Village Shopping Centre on Monday. The clinic is at 7 Cheriton Drive, Carramar.

Variants

To date, 184 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 115 Delta strain.

Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.

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* Historic vaccine doses are vaccinations that were administered up to 10 days before the current date but were recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register since the last report.

** WA vaccination data for the WA COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). AIR is a national register maintained by the Australian Government that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia. WA data includes all COVID-19 vaccinations in WA, whether administered by WA Health, Australian Government providers or other providers (including GPs). WA previously reported only WA Health data. Note that the dashboard does not update until after 2pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.