The Australian city of Perth has recorded a case of coronavirus and its governor has ordered three days of quarantine for 2.4 million people

Australian authorities on Friday ordered the containment of the city of Perth and the neighboring region of Peel, in the west of the country, for three days after a local outbreak of COVID-19 on Friday. linked to a quarantine center for international travelers.

The Head of Government of the State of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, communicated the measurement when the positive for the coronavirus of a 54 year old male, who upon arrival at Perth filled the period of 14 day quarantine and on his departure he passed five more freely in the city.

Last Wednesday the man went to Melbourne, where another PCR test and this Friday his positive was confirmed.

In addition, a direct contact of this person while in Perth was also infected.

Authorities attribute the infection to the man, now isolated again in Melbourne, quarantined in Perth in a room attached to positive COVID-19 case.

“We have to assume (the possibility of) it was contagious during that five-day period” in Perth, McGowan told reporters, justifying the move that coincides with the bridge for Anzac Day, which honors Australians. And to New Zealanders who fell in wars.

McGowan, who recalled that Western Australia had not registered a local infection for a year, noted that the 2.4 million residents of Perth, the country’s fourth most populous city, as well as the nearly 140,000 residents of Peel, wear face masks and only go out for essential business.

Since the start of the pandemic, Australia has accounted for more than 29,600 coronavirus cases and 910 deaths, most in the wake of the second wave of mid-2020 in Melbourne.

The good management of the pandemic has been clouded by the slow vaccination campaign, which started on February 21 but has been seen Burdened by various problems of importation, distribution and doubts about the side effects of the drug AstraZeneca.

(With information from EFE)

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