To continue keeping WA safe, wearing a face mask is now mandatory in Western Australia while:
- at an airport
- travelling on aircraft
- transporting a person subject to a quarantine direction (e.g. in a personal vehicle, private car, hired car, ride-share vehicle or taxi)
Airports and air travel can present an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission, and wearing face masks is effective in helping to prevent this.
Where a person, subject to a quarantine direction, needs to engage in transport services, all people in the vehicle (including the driver) are required to wear a face mask.
This includes private, hired, taxi and rideshare vehicles that may be used to travel from:
- the airport to their suitable premises for self-quarantine, or
- their place of self-quarantine to a COVID Clinic to present for their Day 11 COVID-19 test.
Children aged 12 years and under do not need to wear a face mask.
Penalties may apply for people who fail to comply with this requirement.
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Greater Brisbane’s strict lockdown will end at 6pm tonight.
But the need for some sensible precautions will remain in the Greater Brisbane hotspot, and for people who have been in the Greater Brisbane hotspot since January 2, for a further 10 days.
Until 1am, Friday January 22:
MASKS
- Must be worn in indoor places including shopping centres and supermarkets, gyms, workplaces where people cannot socially distance and where it is safe, places of worship, libraries, public transport, taxis and ride share vehicles
- Must be carried at all times
- Are not required to be worn when outdoors at a safe distance from other people (for example, walking a dog), in private vehicles or doing strenuous exercise
BUSINESSES AND VENUES
- Indoors: 1 person per 4 sqm
- Outdoors: 1 person per 2 sqm
- Seated eating and drinking only
- Smaller venues up to 200 sqm: 1 person per 2sqm up to a maximum of 50
- No dancing except for weddings
