COVID-19 update 26 October 2021

WA Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.

The State’s total remains at 1112. To date, 1102 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

As of last night, WA Health was monitoring one active COVID-19 case in hotel quarantine.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 391 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,852,141 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 214,511 were in regional WA.

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

COVID-19 vaccinations*

Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 23,926 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 14,093 of these were second doses. The total includes 6201 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)**.

Appointments are no longer required at State-run clinics in metropolitan Perth and regional areas.

Vaccination information:

• New and expanded COVID-19 vaccination clinics are opening across Perth including:
• Pop-up clinics at select Bunnings stores, opening 6-7 November
• Carramar Village Shopping Centre and Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Mirrabooka opened yesterday
  • Armadale Central Shopping Centre and The Square, Mirrabooka (appointments are preferred but not required)
  • Perth Airport for FIFO workers
  • drop-in appointments for everyone aged 12 years at all WA clinics
  • drop-in community clinics for young people aged 16 years and over (year 11 and 12) and school staff (external site). 
• Western Australian children aged 12 to 15 years are eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination (external site). Parents and guardians are encouraged to visit rollup.wa.gov.au (external site) to register and book appointments for their children in this age group.
• There are many regional COVID-19 vaccination clinics open across WA, all with drop-in options.
• The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (external site) is available at selected WA pharmacies. To find a pharmacy offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, visit Vaccine Clinic Finder (external site) or findapharmacy (external site).
• For more information on getting your COVID-19 vaccine, visit: https://rollup.wa.gov.au/

Mandatory vaccinations apply to the following workers based on the latest public health advice. Further details are available online.

• Health care workers
• FIFO and other resource sector workers
• Dunsborough school leavers
• Freight, transport and logistics workers
• Port workers who board or work with exposed vessels.

Directions are being drafted to make vaccinations mandatory for most occupations and workforces in Western Australia.

Border controls

Queensland Update

Queensland will transition to a ‘very low risk’ jurisdiction from 12:01am, Wednesday 27 October, under WA’s controlled border arrangement.

This follows a short pause in Queensland’s border transition last week due to a case of COVID-19 and is based on the latest public health advice.

Travellers from Queensland will be permitted to enter WA without quarantine requirements, but will be subject to the following conditions:

• complete a G2G Pass declaration which states they do not have any
  COVID-19 symptoms and which jurisdictions they have been to in the previous 14 days

Information about border controls is available online.

Variants

To date, 174 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 105 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.