The Australian Medical Association WA has welcomed the "morale boosting" haul of personal protective equipment for health workers, which arrived in Perth on Saturday and will be dispersed across the state's health system.

A health worker at a Perth COVID Clinic. Credit:Sharon Smith

The PPE is worth $5.5 million and represents about two months of equipment for WA health workers at current usage levels.

Premier Mark McGowan said the newly arrived PPE was bound for both private and public hospitals and was currently being assessed, but it “looks like top-quality equipment”.

He said it represented "literal truckloads" of PPE to keep doctors, nurses and other health workers safe during the pandemic.