two truck drivers from nsw test positive after arriving in perth - exposing four venues to the virus - which would affect
Two truck drivers have tested positive to Covid after arriving in Perth from New South Wales.
The men aged 23 and 29 travelled via Victoria and South Australia and visited several sites en route and in Western Australia.
Premier Mark McGowan said the pair had been tested before leaving NSW on Wednesday, as part of routine screening for freight drivers, ABC News reported.
Premier Mark McGowan said the Covid-positive truck drivers had been tested before leaving NSW on Wednesday, as part of routine screening for freight drivers
Both have received one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and had worn masks while outside their truck.
They are now in quarantine at Perth's Westin Hotel.
'The men eventually arrived at a warehouse in Kewdale last night,' Mr McGowan said.
'They reportedly slept in their truck last night and had minimal contact with others throughout their travel.'
The two truck drivers stopped at this Widgiemooltha Service Station
On the way to Perth the men stopped at Yellowdine Roadhouse near Southern Cross, a Norseman petrol station, and a checkpoint on the South Australian border.
Four close contacts have been identified so far.
One person from the SA border, one person from BP truck stop at Norseman, one from a Yellowdine roadhouse, and one from the Kewdale warehouse who are all currently in a two-week quarantine.
The truck drivers' employer told WA Health after the results pinged back from the test they took when they first left NSW.
Mr McGowan confirmed the two cases would not send WA into a lockdown.
But he did say the result showed that Covid can show up anywhere and urge Western Australians to get vaccinated.
The announcement came after Friday's national cabinet meeting, at which the premier defended his refusal to agree to drop borders once the nation achieved 70 per cent vaccination coverage.
'The whole idea that at 70 per cent vaccination you deliberately infect people, I just can't tolerate it,' he told reporters.
' would just be a catastrophe. So I'm just not going to do it,' he said.
An exposure site was declared for this Southern Cross Shell service station
EXPOSURES SITES SO FAR
Anyone who was at these exposure sites must isolate for 14 days, get tested within 48 hours, and again on day 12.
26/08/2021 - 5:30pm – 6:15pm - Norseman - BP Truckstop, Eyre Hwy, 1 Coolgardie-Esperance Hwy
26/08/2021 - 6:45pm – 7:15pm - Widgiemooltha - IOR Petroleum Fuel Station, Lot 124 Kingswood St
26/08/2021 - 9:15pm – 10:00pm - Yellowdine - Mobil Yellowdine Fuel Station, 22 Great Eastern Highway
26/08/2021 - 9:55pm – 10:40pm - Southern Cross - Shell Fuel Station, 22 Great Eastern Highway
Four contacts have currently been identified - one person at the South Australian border, one at the Yellowdine roadhouse, one at the Norseman BP truckstop, and one at the Kewdale warehouse which was the drivers' destination.