Western Australia's controlled interstate border will be safely adjusted, with travel from Victoria and New South Wales to be permitted into WA with the following conditions:
- all Perth Airport arrivals to undergo a health screening and temperature test on arrival
- travellers to be prepared to take a COVID-19 test at the airport COVID clinic, if deemed necessary by a health clinician (voluntary asymptomatic testing available for all airport arrivals)
- completion of a G2G Pass declaration, stipulating they do not have any COVID-19 symptoms and which jurisdictions the traveller has been in over the previous 14 days
- all travellers to receive a SMS health check reminder one week into their stay in WA
- land arrivals to be met at the border checkpoint, for a health screening and to have their G2G Pass declaration checked.
The WA Government has also announced that from this Friday, 11 December, South Australia will be reclassified to ‘low risk’ from its current ‘medium risk’ classification.
Travellers from South Australia will be permitted to enter under the ‘low risk’ classification and will be required to comply with the following conditions:
- take a COVID-19 test at the airport COVID clinic, if deemed necessary by a health clinician (voluntary asymptomatic testing available for all airport arrivals)
- self-quarantine for 14 days in a suitable approved premises
- present for a COVID-19 test on day 11.
The Chief Health Officer will continue to monitor and review these travel arrangements to determine if there can be any further adjustments in the future.
Until Friday, 11 December, travel from South Australia remains prohibited unless travellers meet the strict exemption criteria. This includes anyone who has been to South Australia in the previous 14 days or is travelling through South Australia on their way to WA.
For more information see the Latest health advice enables for more travel from VIC and NSW media statement.
