Live breaking news: Perth, Peel region plunged into emergency three-day lockdown

The WA Premier mandated a three-day lockdown in the Perth and Peel regions this weekend after a wave of COVID cases, as New Zealand paused travel with the state.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has mandated a three-day lockdown in the Perth and Peel regions over the long weekend after a wave of new COVID cases.

The emergency announcement comes amid a COVID-19 outbreak at Perth's Mercure Hotel, with a Victorian man testing positive in Melbourne today after completing 14 days of quarantine a WA hotel.

A pregnant woman and her four-year-old daughter have also tested positive after their stay, having contracted the virus from an infected couple who had returned from India and were staying a room opposite them.

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