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Security guard who worked at a Perth quarantine hotel and two of his housemates test positive to Covid-19 – as WA Premier Mark McGowan calls snap press conference
A security guard at a Perth hotel quarantine facility has tested positive to Covid-19 along with two of his house mates.
The guard, aged in his 20s, had worked at the Pan Pacific hotel with Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan saying the city would not be going into a second lockdown yet.
The man and his two house mates have been moved into hotel quarantine with Mr McGowan confirming the guard worked at the hotel on April 24, 25 and 26.
‘What has helped enormously is that, due to the interim restrictions we have had in place since Tuesday, they have significantly reduced movement in the community and everyone has been wearing masks,’ he said in a snap press conference on Saturday.
‘That gives us some confidence that the risk of transmission is significantly lower than it would normally be.
‘These factors and the fact we have picked up this case as early means we can avoid moving into a lockdown at this point.’
It’s not yet known how the security guard became infected but there may have been some transmission from international arrivals moving into the hotel on April 24.
CCTV of the hotel will be reviewed.
The infected man lives in a house with seven people in Nallamara, so far only two others have tested positive.
More to come.
