Just two days before Christmas, WA is back in the grip of a COVID emergency with one confirmed case and hundreds of people exposed. The government acted quickly today, imposing new restrictions that will impact celebrations across the city. www.7NEWS.com.au | 7NEWS Perth

More than two thousand people have been exposed to the dangerous Delta Covid variant in Perth's new outbreak. It currently totals three patients, but authorities are bracing for more because it's the first time casual contacts have been infected, possibly even from metres away. 7NEWS at 6pm I 7NEWS.com.au | 7NEWS Perth

58K views · 339 reactions | WA has recorded one new local case of COVID-19, a mystery case unrelated to the backpacker cluster that sparked Perth's new year restrictions. Authorities are on alert, again, trying to work out how a quarantine hotel security guard was infected. www.7NEWS.com.au | 7NEWS Perth | Facebook