Australia's biggest state will exit a snap five-day Covid-19 lockdown after reporting no cases for five straight days, as the national cabinet decided to lift the temporary caps on citizens returning from overseas from the middle of this month.
Western Australia's state capital Perth and southwest region, home to some two million people, exits lockdown from 6pm local time, state Premier Mark McGowan said, adding the only reason that could change was if local cases were recorded before that time. "I'm so relieved we have got to this point and we can get businesses and our economy back open with full confidence," he told reporters in Perth.