Restrictions to stay after WA coronavirus lockdown ends

West Australians will emerge from lockdown at 6pm on Friday – but they will be forbidden from dancing in celebration.

WA Premier Mark McGowan in Perth on Thursday night. Picture: Getty Images

West Australians will emerge from lockdown at 6pm on Friday – but they will be forbidden from dancing in celebration.

WA Premier Mark McGowan late on Thursday spelt out a series of conditions that would apply once the lockdown lifts until February 14, with people in the Perth and Peel regions still required to wear masks outside their homes.

Two million West Australians will emerge from their five-day lockdown at 6pm on Friday afternoon, subject to no more cases being identified in the community.

Bars and restaurants will be allowed to reopen, albeit with capacity restrictions and mask requirements, while the Crown casino and nightclubs will remain closed.

Sport can resume, although dancing will be banned outside of weddings and dance studios.

For gatherings at private residences, masks are encouraged but not mandatory.

Mr McGowan had already flagged that schools would reopen from Monday, a week later than originally scheduled, before a case was detected last week.

The south west region, which was included in the lockdown, will not be subject to the conditions that will be in place for the Perth and Peel regions.

The snap lockdown was ordered after a security guard at one of Perth’s quarantine hotels tested positive. He has since been found to be infected with the highly contagious UK strain of the virus.

Despite fears that the man’s movements while infected could spark an outbreak of community transmission, no more cases have been identified in the four days since the lockdown was enacted. More than 42,000 tests have been carried out in Perth since Sunday.