Mandatory vaccination rules are being made available to WA as third-dose rates continue to rise and the number of daily cases shows that the state is “clearly past the peak of the Omicron wave,” the prime minister announced. Mark McGowan.
With immediate effect, returning Australians and unvaccinated permanent residents no longer have to be quarantined for seven days on arrival in WA, with the 70-arrival limit now lifted, but unvaccinated non-Australians are still unable to enter. in the country according to the rules of the Commonwealth.
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Starting next Friday, vaccination warrants will be phased out for jobs, except for health care, residential care for the elderly and people with disabilities, McGowan said.
This means lifting the ban on FIFO’s very important workforce.
The Labor leader said the policy had been “extraordinarily effective” and had saved lives, but the changes were based on the advice of the health director.
He said that since March, 270 public sector workers had been laid off or laid off due to redundancies and another 500 who had not been able to enter their jobs, from a public sector workforce of 151,000 people, will be contacted. to see how they could get back to work. .
“They will be treated on a case-by-case basis,” McGowan said.
Some employers, including areas of certain public sector agencies, may still choose to hold temporary mandates for their workforce, McGowan added.
Keep wearing a mask when needed or even when you feel like it.
McGowan also announced that a ban on entry into remote Aboriginal communities would be lifted from June 15, but some may choose to enforce their own restrictions.
“With these changes, it means that the remaining benchmark public health measures are limited to wearing masks, vaccination testing and visitor limits in certain settings,” he said.
“Keep wearing a mask when needed or even when you feel like it.”
The Prime Minister also revealed that 8,432 new cases had been registered overnight, more than the 8,201 on Tuesday, but well below the 16,253 two weeks ago.
There are 298 cases in the hospital, eight of which are in intensive care, while one person has died from the virus.
Third-dose rates for Western Australians aged 16 and over have risen to 81.8%.
McGowan urged people to stay vigilant with the worst of the approaching winter flu season.
Emerging flu and COVID vaccination clinics will be open in the coming weeks, with 21% of WA’s eligible population under attack for the flu so far this year.