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Tim Dornin

South Aust eases WA virus restrictions

SA has eased its hard border closure with WA but will keep some COVID-19 restrictions in place. (AAP)

South Australia has eased its hard border closure with Western Australia but will keep COVID-19 restrictions in place for people coming from the Greater Perth region.

Effectively immediately, anyone travelling from regional WA will be allowed to enter SA and those who arrived since Australia Day will be allowed to leave quarantine.

However, they will all need to get tested three times for the virus - on days one, five and 12.

Anyone seeking to travel from the areas in WA subject to that state's five-day lockdown will not be allowed into SA.

Those areas include Perth, the Peel region and the South West.

SA's hard border closure with WA was imposed late on Sunday night after details of a positive case involving a security guard in Perth first emerged.

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said SA decided to go hard early because of a lack of detailed information about the situation coming from WA.

Mr Stevens said the transition committee on Tuesday had also resolved to remove all measures for people travelling from Greater Sydney from later this month.

Those arrivals do not need to quarantine but are currently required to be tested three times for the virus.

That requirement will be dropped from February 13.

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