The Western Australia (WA) government has backflipped on its strict border closure to grant exemptions for returning international students to enter the state, while Australians from other states are still locked out. This comes after WA Premier Mark McGowan shelved his plan to reopen the state’s borders on Feb. 5 citing the threat of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, leaving thousands of students and the friends and family of WA residents in limbo, and universities disappointed. However, the government this week announced the Returning Students Directions (No 2) that says returning students would be allowed to come into Australia and cross into WA from other states provided they are triple vaccinated and self-quarantine for 14 days. The students are also required get tested for COVID-19 on the first and 12th day of their quarantine as well as download the G2G Now app while in quarantine. Those who do not …