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The State Government has moved to end confusion around testing requirements and entry rules for the thousands of people who are expected to travel into South Australia from next Tuesday, with vaccinated arrivals from all Victorian and most New South Wales local government areas given the all clear to enter without quarantining.
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Premier Steven Marshall says the government won’t delay reopening South Australian borders if some regions lag behind its 80 per cent double dose vaccination target by November 23, despite projections showing much of Adelaide’s northern suburbs will miss the deadline by weeks.
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An Adelaide mother who says she waited a month for SA Health to assess and then refuse without explanation her application to return to South Australia is considering appealing the decision or risking an illegal border run, as the State Government comes under pressure over its border lockout and exemptions process.
UPDATED: South Australia will close its border to travellers from Greater Melbourne, Geelong and Bacchus Marsh and reimpose a series of internal restrictions, including a return to 50 per cent capacity at public venues, as all of Victoria prepares to enter a five-day lockdown.
SA Health is still waiting to confirm if a possible case of COVID transmission in a North Terrace medi-hotel is linked to the Delta variant, with authorities saying 14 people who were quarantining on the same floor are now out in the community.
In significant COVID developments this afternoon: SA Health searches for another NSW removalist exposure site, reveals another infection possibly caught inside an Adelaide medi-hotel, and considers tightening arrival restrictions due to a rise in Melbourne cases.
UPDATED | SA Health has listed a café in Tailem Bend as an exposure site while another location is being investigated as health authorities work to track down at least 18 people who visited a Shell service station in the town late Friday afternoon, after a Sydney removalist spent time inside before testing COVID positive.
