WA has recorded zero new cases of COVID-19 on the first day of lockdown in Perth and Peel.
Mark McGowan said it was “encouraging news, but we have a long way to go” after 14,771 tests were carried out yesterday.
Of the 209 close contacts of the three community cases, 109 have returned negative test results so far.
A further 1828 casual contacts have been identified, of which 275 have tested negative.
More than two million people in Perth and Peel have been ordered to stay at home until at least 12.01am on Saturday, July 3.
Schools and childcare centres remain open and people should work from home for the rest of the week if possible.
WA’s hard border will slam shut with Queensland at 3pm, Tuesday, meaning arrivals will need an exemption and self-quarantine for 14 days on arrival.
Each of the 177 West Australian FIFO workers who were at a Northern Territory gold mine at the centre of a separate outbreak have now been tracked down by contact tracers and Mr McGowan said “nearly the total number” had returned negative tests.
Earlier, South-East Queensland, Townsville and two northern islands will begin a three-day lockdown at 6pm after two new COVID-19 cases in the community.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was furious after revealing one new case involves an unvaccinated clerical worker who sat outside the coronavirus ward at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane.
NSW recorded 19 new cases as the State Government announced new financial support for small businesses hit by the two-week Sydney lockdown.
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Of the 19 new cases in NSW, 17 are linked to previous cases and two are under investigation.
Two new cases were recorded in the NT overnight, the wife and daughter of a 64-year-old mine worker.
Health Minister Roger Cook said the changes agreed at National Cabinet last night meant anyone aged over 18 was eligible for a vaccine.
Under the changes, people under 60 who want the AstraZeneca vaccine can discuss it with their GP, who can then administer the jab.
Mr Cook said 5660 vaccinations were administered in WA on Monday.
The 59-year-old physiotherapist (case 1022) who contracted the Delta variant at a Bondi café and then returned home to Perth received her first AstraZeneca vaccine dose 12 weeks ago.
Education Minister Sue Ellery said three northern suburbs schools that had been deemed exposure sites had been closed for a “deep clean”.
Mr McGowan said the WA Government was working on an financial assistance package for businesses impacted by the third lockdown of Perth and Peel in five years.
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The Premier said there was vaccine hesitancy in people aged over 60 and reiterated his call for the Commonwealth to make the Pfizer jab available to this vulnerable population “as quickly as possible”.
Worryingly, he said State-run clinics were administering “very few” AstraZeneca vaccines to the over 60s.
The partner of case 1022 had received his first AstraZeneca dose and so far had not tested positive for COVID-19.
Case 1022 passed on her infection to a 32-year-old woman (case 1023) at Mobius Health and Performance Gym in Joondalup and man in his 30s (case 1024) who worked and had a meal at Indian Ocean Brewery in Mindarie.
Both transmission incidents occurred last Tuesday.
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