Originally Posted by
bensyd
I wonder how much longer WA will keep its border shut. It's already circulating in the community over there and testing numbers are way too low to even attempt containing omicron (4,351 yesterday). Seems almost inevitable that in the next few weeks the numbers will start to hockey stick. If the last two year's have taught me anything it's that politicians never learnt about exponentials.
Turns out the answer was 16 days.
Western Australia's hard border will come down at 12:01am on Thursday March 3, allowing triple-dose vaccinated arrivals from interstate to enter WA without quarantining.International arrivals will also be allowed in if they meet the Commonwealth requirements to enter Australia, and take a rapid antigen test within 12 hours of arrival and report any positive result.
Premier Mark McGowan made the announcement as he conceded "the virus is already here and we cannot stop its spread", with the state set to reach a peak of 10,000 new cases a day by the end of March.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-...date/100843126