Exposure sites will continue to be updated on the HealthyWA website. People are encouraged to check this site regularly.
WA Health has reported no new local COVID-19 cases overnight, and 3 new cases not linked with the current outbreak and all are in quarantine.
The 3 new cases are all returned travellers – a 13-year-old boy and a 33-year-old woman linked with overseas travel and a 27-year-old returning from interstate.
There are now 23 active confirmed cases in WA.
WA Health has now identified 655 close contacts with 46 yet to be tested and 1109 casual contacts with 243 yet to be tested*.
WA Health's contact tracing team is working to identify and follow up contacts and confirm exposure sites. See below information for exposure sites.
The State's total stands at 1148, with 1116 people recovered.
Exposure sites
Exposure sites are listed on the HealthyWA website. It's likely more sites will be added and people are encouraged to keep checking the site regularly.
If you have been to an exposure site on the dates and times listed, or you are contacted directly by WA Health, you are urged to:
- immediately isolate from others in your home
- get tested at a COVID-19 clinic, wear a mask and travel directly there
- continue to isolate until a negative result is returned, unless instructed otherwise by WA Health
- clinic locations are on the Healthy WA website.
Testing clinics
4,911 Western Australians were swabbed at clinics yesterday.
WA Health is expanding testing capacity, including operating hours of clinics over the Christmas period. There are many clinics available – people are encouraged to check the HealthyWA website to find clinic locations and opening hours.
Private clinics are also available. Testing is available free of charge at private testing clinics for people who have been advised by WA Health to get tested.
With the hot weather, people are encouraged to plan ahead and bring a hat or umbrella, sunscreen and water, and to arrive 15 minutes before closing if possible.
Safe WA
On 27 December, 1,384,032 scans were recorded on the Safe WA App. This is an 8 per cent increase from the previous day.
Border controls
Information about Western Australia's controlled border arrangements, conditions of entry and quarantine (external site) is available online.
COVID-19 vaccinations
COVID-19 state-run vaccination clinics** administered 6,295 vaccines yesterday.
People are reminded that it is important for everyone who has received their second dose of the COVID-19 five or more months ago to get their booster vaccination now without delay to ensure they have maximum protection again COVID-19. Do not wait until it is too late - act now and get vaccinated.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)***.
Mandatory vaccination information
A mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for a majority of occupations and workforces (external site)
