It's their first case in almost 10 months.
Perth in Australia has gone into a 5-day lockdown after a positive Covid-19 case emerged.
The positive case was a security guard who works at a quarantine hotel in the city.
As a result of the test, the city's two million residents have to stay at home.
They can only leave their homes for essential reasons.
Perth to enter week-long lockdown following single Covid-19 case https://t.co/gBhgXgdBGN
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) January 31, 2021
It's Perth's first community transmission case in the city in almost 10 months.
Australia have impressively managed to curtail the Covid-19 virus.
Before this positive case, they had a two week run of zero coronavirus cases.
Schools, restaurants, bars, cinemas and gyms in Perth have been forced to close as result.
A scheduled re-opening of schools in the city has also been delayed.
The Australian city of Perth was ordered into lockdown after a security guard working in a quarantine hotel tested positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/YedwHOBuuS pic.twitter.com/AFAwt7MhQy
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 31, 2021
