WA Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1110. To date, 1086 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
As of 8pm last night, WA Health was monitoring 15 active COVID-19 cases, including five people who are in hotel quarantine, six in Fiona Stanley Hospital from the vessel MV Stolt Sakura, and four aboard the Sakura.
Everyone aged 12 years and over can now get vaccinated at the Claremont (Tom Wilding Pavillion, Gate 8 Ashton Avenue) and Joondalup (Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, inside western mall, next to Miss Maud, opposite Thingz) COVID-19 vaccination community clinics without an appointment. Opening hours vary (link to roll up page).
If you have not already booked an appointment for your COVID-19 vaccine, you can show up at one of these clinics and receive your vaccine.
For more information on getting your COVID-19 vaccine, visit: https://rollup.wa.gov.au/
Vessel update
Of the six crew members currently hospitalised, three are in ICU in a serious but stable condition and three are being managed on the respiratory ward.
WA Health is monitoring the health of the two crew in hotel quarantine. At this stage it is expected that the other crew members will remain in isolation on board the vessel unless they need to be transferred for medical treatment.
WA Health will continue to work with the vessel and key maritime stakeholders regarding its ongoing management.
Returned diplomat
The returned diplomat and family remain in a quarantine facility.
Contact tracing has identified 50 close and casual contacts. Aside from the one family member who tested positive, all others continue to test negative for COVID-19.
All close contacts will remain in quarantine for 14 days and will be managed by WA Health public health officials.
Adelaide
WA Health has contacted Western Australians who travelled on Virgin flight VA722 from Adelaide to Perth at 18:00 hours on Friday 1 October, following Adelaide Airport being listed as an exposure site.
They have been instructed to get tested and isolate until they return a negative result.
This is in relation to a person who travelled from Victoria to South Australia, arriving at 17:25 hours in Adelaide on Friday 1 October, who returned a positive COVID-19 test.
To date, all casual contacts have returned a negative COVID-19 test.
Anyone who has been to an exposure location listed on the SA website (external site) should quarantine until they have been advised otherwise by Public Health.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 406 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,795,070 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 209,473 are from regional WA.
A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations*
Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 28,088 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 13,350 of these were second doses. The total includes 4653 historic COVID-19 vaccine doses*. These figures represent COVID-19 vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout**.
New directions make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for the Dunsborough school leavers event. The decision is based on latest public health advice to protect school leavers, staff, volunteers and the local community. This will require all attendees and personnel to be vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by November 22.
Walk-in community clinics are available for young people aged 16 years and over (year 11 and 12) and school staff (external site). Bookings are not required but it is recommended registrations are made through a VaccinateWA (external site) account to make it easier to check in. Proof of age is also required.
Western Australian children aged 12 to 15 years are eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination (external site). Parents and guardians are encouraged to visit rollup.wa.gov.au (external site) to register and book appointments for their children in this age group.
There are many regional COVID-19 vaccination clinics open across WA, with bookings preferred but walk-ins accommodated where possible.
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (external site) is available at selected WA pharmacies. To find a pharmacy offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, visit Vaccine Clinic Finder (external site) or findapharmacy (external site). For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**.
Border controls
New directions make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for FIFO and other resource sector workers. They must receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by 12:01am 1 December 2021 and be fully vaccinated by 1 January 2022.
Directions are also in place that make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for:
Australian states
New Zealand
In line with all other Australian jurisdictions, travel from New Zealand is treated as travel from an international location (external site).
Variants
To date, 162 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 93 Delta strain. Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.
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†A rapid antigen test that returns a result other than negative is termed a ‘non-negative’ result, as it requires a follow-up confirmatory PCR test before it can be deemed a true positive result.
** WA vaccination data for the WA COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). AIR is a national register maintained by the Australian Government that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia. WA data includes all COVID-19 vaccinations in WA, whether administered by WA Health, Australian Government providers or other providers (including GPs). WA previously reported only WA Health data. Note that the dashboard does not update until after 2pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.