Pending ongoing health advice, Mark McGowan has announced Perth and Peel will return to pre-lockdown conditions come Monday.

In positive news to end the week, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced the Perth and Peel region will return to pre-lockdown conditions on Monday at 12:01am if all goes to plan over the weekend.

The call for a return to normal has come off the back of no new cases recorded overnight and strong testing results and the WA community doing the right thing over the past two weeks.

“I can now confirm that we will be able to return directly to pre-lockdown conditions from 12:01am on Monday (midnight on Sunday night),” said Mr McGowan.

This means that Perth and Peel residents won’t have to wear masks, no capacity or crowd limits, no service restrictions, no limits on hospital or aged care visits and the return of dancefloors, major events and standing crowds at live performances.

“From the situation we were a fortnight ago, to be able to safely take this step so quickly is a massive and incredible result for our community – and shows the value of our approach of acting quickly and decisively,” states Mr McGowan.

Under the pre-lockdown conditions, the only state-level restrictions which will remain in place are the controlled border arrangements and restrictions on travel to remote communities.

As per pre-lockdown contact registers will of course remain mandatory at WA venues – as they remain an important tool in the fight against COVID-19 when contact tracing is required.

“As we move forward, we have to remain vigilant – but the past two weeks have once again shown the power and resilience of the WA community,” said Mr McGowan.

Watch: WA COVID-19 UPDATE – Mark McGowan

For further government updates visit wa.gov.au.

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