WA Premier Mark McGowan has actually sought Commonwealth approval to top the variety of international flights landing in Perth.
Bottom line:
- Mr McGowan says flight numbers into Perth have been increasing
- He desires flight arrivals to be cut to about one every three days
- WA taped 3 new COVID-19 cases today, all returning travellers
Mr McGowan said he had asked for international arrivals be restricted to “something in the area of one flight per 3 days”.
He said WA continued to lead the nation as a “safe house” from COVID-19, and the state had not tape-recorded a case of neighborhood infection since April 11.
” My greatest concern is … individuals originating from overseas, and the numbers and the pressure that places on our hotels and our security arrangements,” he said.
” That is why I have composed to the Prime Minister to ask that we have a cap on the number of flights coming into WA from overseas.
” New South Wales has actually done it, that is the other major entrance city of Australia– and you’ve got to understand these are Australians returning house.
” We need to decrease the circulation so we can manage it properly.”
Mr McGowan stated there had actually recently been an uptick in domestic and global arrivals at Perth Airport.
He said WA presently had more than 1,100 individuals in quarantine throughout 5 city hotels.
He said Cabinet had today authorized the preparing of legislation to require any returning tourists to spend for a compulsory 14 days of quarantine.
Western Australia today reported three new cases of COVID-19, all of them overseas visitors who are now in hotel quarantin