Three Vodafone stores across Perth have been forced to shut their doors while one of the telco’s employees is tested for coronavirus after returning to work from Indonesia with flu-like symptoms.

The female member of staff returned to work from holiday feeling unwell before working at three stores in Forrest Chase in the CBD, Joondalup and Hillarys.

A sign outside the CBD store this morning gave little away put pointed customers to its next nearest location during the impromptu closure.

“Store is closed. Please visit our other Murray Street Store (across from underground station entrance) as your nearest location. Apologies for any inconvenience, ” the sign read.

Despite the closure it’s understood the three stores will reopen as normal at 9am this morning following a thorough clean of all locations overnight.

Colleagues who worked at the stores with the employee have been told to stay home and self-quarantine.

While the employee was sent to be tested for COVID-19 as a precaution there is no information at present about if she has tested positive or how Vodafone would notify customers who may have come into contact with her if she does.

It is not known when she returned to work or how long she had been back at the stores before the closures.

The worrying developments came as a third West Australian was confirmed as having the deadly disease — the first case in the state not related to the Princess Diamond cruise ship.

Authorities confirmed yesterday they are trying to contact passengers on Emirates flight EK420 who may have come into close contact with the woman, who is aged in her 30s.

WA’s chief health officer Dr Andrew Robertson said the woman had holidayed in Iceland and the UK and then flew London-Perth, via Dubai.

A Vodafone spokeswoman confirmed the staff member had arrived back from Indonesia in recent days and been to all three stores had started to feel sick.

As a precaution other employees were told to stay home and self-quarantine pending the results from tests for their colleague for coronavirus.

Vodafone employees from other stores have stepped in to run the three shopfronts.