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News - COVID Safety — Perth metro, Peel and South West regions to enter hard lockdown
01-Feb-2021
COVID Safety — Perth metro, Peel and South West regions to enter hard lockdown
Sport and Recreation Alert - 31 January 2021 from Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries
COVID Safety — Perth metro, Peel and South West regions to enter hard lockdown
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The State Government has implemented a 5-day lockdown for the Perth metropolitan area, the Peel and South West regions effective at 6pm, Sunday 31 January 2021 until 6pm Friday, 5 February 2021.
Restrictions will also apply to restaurants, elective surgery, home visitors, visitors to hospitals and aged care facilities, weddings, funerals and travel to and within remote Aboriginal communities.
Masks are to be worn at all times when outside of the place of residence, this includes at workplaces and on public transport and whilst exercising. For more information about masks, see the Healthy WA website.
Schools will be closed for this week. Term 1, 2021 was due to start from February 1 but that will be postponed by one week.
Closures will occur for the following during the 5-day lockdown:
- gyms and indoor sporting venues
- playgrounds, skate parks and outdoor recreational facilities
- schools, universities, TAFEs and education facilities
- pubs, bars and clubs unless offering takeaway services
- cinemas, entertainment venues, and casinos
- beauty therapy services, parlour or salon including hairdressers, barbershop, nail salon, tattoo parlour, spa or massage parlour
- large religious gatherings and places of worship
- libraries and cultural institutions.
Work restrictions also apply with further information available at www.wa.gov.au.
Sport and recreation industry with specific enquiries can email sportinfo@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
The specific Government directives can be found here:
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/stay-home-and-closure-perth-peel-and-the-south-west-regions-directions
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