CORONAVIRUS — HIGH CASE LOAD ENVIRONMENT
71. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to the Premier's
media release of Monday, 28 February that announced the online registration
process for critical workers and identified the rules for workers who meet
critical criteria for when ''WA reaches a very high case load
environment.''
(1) What is the definition of a ''very
high case load environment''?
(2) How many cases of COVID-19 per day or per week
will be considered a very high case load environment?
(3) If the
Premier will not identify the specific parameters of a very high case load
environment, why not?
(4) Does the
government not trust the Western Australian community with the definition of a very
high case load environment?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
very high case load environment is a trigger for considering the activation of
additional measures to manage the transmission of COVID-19 in the community.
This is a decision that will be based on health advice at the appropriate time.