Pending no further local cases, the five-day lockdown for the Perth, Peel and South West regions will end as planned.

From 6pm, Friday 5 February the following will come into effect:

• Perth and Peel will enter into a post-lockdown transition period until 12.01am, Sunday 14 February. This allows the full 14-day incubation period to run its course

• South West will return straight to pre-lockdown conditions.

The post-lockdown transition period for Perth and Peel includes:

• Wearing a mask when in public and while at work, unless exempt or for vigorous outdoor exercise

• All business and venues can reopen, except for the casino and nightclubs

• 4 square metre capacity rule in place for hospitality, entertainment, public and fitness venues, up to a maximum of 150 (excluding staff)

• 150 person capacity limit applies at all events, including weddings and funerals, and community sport (including players, officials and spectators)

• Seated service only at hospitality venues

• Dancing only permitted at weddings and dance studios

• 20-person limit for private indoor and outdoor gatherings

• Visits to aged care and disability care facilities restricted to compassionate grounds

• Residential school and boarding facilities can resume with a COVID Safety Plan

• Only essential travel permitted in and out of the Perth and Peel regions to other parts of WA.

Under the post-lockdown transition measures, schools in Perth and Peel will start from Monday 8 February. Masks are required to be worn by all school staff and secondary students. They are not required for primary school students.

Masks are also mandatory for staff at childcare facilities, as well as students and staff in higher education including TAFEs and universities.

Teaching staff are permitted to remove their mask if teaching at the front of the classroom to enable clear enunciation.

People who need to leave the Perth and Peel region for essential purposes must wear a mask at all times in other regions of WA, as per the rules in place for Perth and Peel.

Elective surgery at WA public hospitals will resume once the lockdown has ended, and people will be contacted directly to reschedule and rebook their appointments.

FIFO workers will once again be able to leave the Perth and Peel regions, but documentation will be required and they must follow strict health protocols.

Pre-lockdown requirements for the entire State still remain in place, including:

• WA’s controlled interstate border arrangements

• Mandatory contact registers for most WA businesses and venues

• Capacity restrictions for major venues

• Restrictions on travel to remote Aboriginal communities.

Contact registers and SafeWA will continue as part of post-lockdown life. Currently, it is mandatory for most businesses to ensure a contact register is available for patrons.

From 6pm, Friday 5 February, it will also be mandatory for individuals to check-in at businesses required to keep a contact register. Individuals could face penalties if they fail to check in. As always, a common-sense approach will apply.

• Dominos – TAKEAWAY ONLY Mon to Thurs 11am to 9pm, Fri to Sun 11am to 10pm (No cash payment allowed)

• KFC - TAKEAWAY ONLY Mon to Thurs 10am to 1pm, Fri 10am to 11pm, Sat to Sun 10am to 10pm

• Subway - TAKEAWAY ONLY

• Scoop Gelato & Crepes - TEMPORARILY CLOSED

• The Lazy Corner - TAKEAWAY ONLY from The Hut from 7.30am to 1pm Daily

• Breadwinner Bakehouse - TAKEAWAY ONLY from 7am to 4pm Daily

Tue 02 Feb - 7am to 9pm
Wed 03 Feb - 7am to 9pm
Thu 04 Feb - 7am to 9pm
Fri 05 Feb - 7am to 9pm

Coles will continue to monitor product availability and asks that customers only buy what they need to help ensure everyone in the community has access to food and everyday essential.

To help manage demand for key staple items, limits are now in place at Coles, please visit www.coles.com.au/covid19 to find out more

Effective from 6pm tonight until 6pm Friday, 5 February 2021, the Perth metropolitan area, Peel and South West regions will enter a lockdown.

The following restrictions apply for the lockdown period:

• People should not leave Perth, Peel or the South West during this period

• People can enter Perth, Peel or the South West only to access or deliver essential health and emergency services and other essential requirements

• Non-residents currently in Perth, Peel and the South West are required to remain until the end of the restriction period however if you must leave for serious reasons you are to then return home immediately, stay home and get tested if symptoms develop

• Restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars to provide takeaway service only

• Elective surgery and procedures for categories 2 and 3 will be suspended from Tuesday, 2 February. Category 1 and urgent category 2 surgery will continue

• No visitors will be allowed in homes unless caring for a vulnerable person or in an emergency

• No visitors to hospitals or residential aged care and/or disability facilities

• No weddings permitted

• Funerals are limited to 10 people

• Travel remains prohibited within remote Aboriginal communities.

Masks are to be worn at all times when outside of your place of residence, this includes at workplaces and on public transport. For more information about masks, see the Healthy WA website (this is an external website).

Schools will be closed for this week. Term 1, 2021 was due to start from February 1 but that will be postponed by one week.

The following facilities in the Perth, Peel and South West regions will need to close:

• Schools, universities, TAFEs and education facilities

• Pubs, bars and clubs

• Gyms and indoor sporting venues

• Playgrounds, skate parks and outdoor recreational facilities

• Cinemas, entertainment venues, and casinos

• Beauty therapy services, parlour or salon including hairdressers, barbershop, nail salon, tattoo parlour, spa or massage parlour

• Large religious gatherings and places of worship

• Libraries and cultural institutions

People will be required to stay at home unless they need to:

• work because they can’t work from home or remotely;

• shop for essentials like groceries, medicine and necessary supplies;

• medical or health care needs including compassionate requirements and looking after the vulnerable; and

• exercise within their neighbourhood, but only with one other person and only for one hour per day.

The lockdown has been introduced due to the detection of a positive COVID-19 case in a hotel quarantine worker.

A list of locations the confirmed case visited is available on the Department of Health’s website (this is an external website). People who were at these places on these dates must go and get tested. Additionally, anyone who lives or works in the Falkirk Avenue Maylands shopping centre precinct should present for a test.

WA COVID clinic operating hours will be extended as part of a testing surge. Testing locations are available on the Healthy WA website (this is an external website)