AS the world finally adapts to a pre-COVID era, Western Australia is in the phase of reintroducing a strict mandatory rule for the first time since the state of emergency ended in the country more than a year ago.
Effective on Monday, November 20, wearing masks will be made mandatory for all healthcare facility staff, visitors, and patients, in all clinical areas in public hospitals.
Masks are strictly required around vulnerable patients in wards dealing with organ transplants, renal dialysis, intensive care units, and similar.
The move aims to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the most vulnerable in the state.
Western Australia has reported more than 500 cases, which is 14 percent higher than the number of cases reported last week.
Local officials are considering imposing the mandatory wearing of masks on the larger public to prevent the spread of the virus.
Western Australia’s Chief Health Officer revealed that Covid-19 cases have been on the rise in the state since September caused by the Eris variant, a descendant of Omicron.
Other states such as New South Wales and Victoria have also been put on high alert.
