Perth enters lockdown as locally acquired case of COVID-19 recorded

Metropolitan Perth and two nearby areas will enter into a five-day hard lockdown after a hotel quarantine security guard infected with COVID-19 attended over a dozen venues. It comes as the federal government allows flights between Australia and New Zealand to resume after cases are contained there.

Premier of Western Australia Mark McGowan speaks to the media during a press conference in Perth, Thursday, September 24, 2020. Source: AAP