Mark McGowan slams Commonwealth over vaccine supplies, announces three COVID cases
ABCThere have been three new local cases of COVID-19 recorded in WA but none are believed to have been infectious in the community. Key points: One case is linked to the backpacker outbreak One case is linked to the backpacker outbreak The other two were household contacts of returned travellers The other two were household contacts of returned travellers Mark McGowan has criticised the Commonwealth over vaccine supplies One case was linked to the Delta variant "backpacker cluster" and the other two were household contacts of returned interstate travellers. "The Commonwealth has made available 10 million RAT tests to the states and territories but they're not providing any to Western Australia, we're the one state that is not getting any," he said. Mr McGowan said WA should not be punished for not having COVID and should be entitled to 1.2 million of the Commonwealth's 10 million RAT tests on a per-capita basis. "I also want West Australians to understand the current proof of vaccination requirements will be expanded further in coming days," he said.
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