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South Australia has two new COVID-19 cases, but the government says there will be no resulting tightening of restrictions due to the state’s high testing uptake.
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UPDATED: The committee in charge of South Australia’s COVID-19 response overruled advice provided by the state’s chief public health officer when it decided to ease social distancing rules on the number of people allowed in public spaces.
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The Australian Defence Force has been deployed to the South Australian border to help control arrivals from Victoria, as the State Government embarks on a COVID-19 testing blitz to check anyone who has spent time in the eastern state in recent weeks.
COVID-19 will “spread like wildfire” in South Australia unless the state remains vigilant, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says, with SA currently in talks with the Australian Defence Force to bolster its control over the Victorian border.
UPDATED | South Australia will open its borders to arrivals from Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory from midnight – but none of those jurisdictions are reciprocating – while coronavirus restrictions will be further relaxed on public gatherings and some fitness classes after a meeting of state authorities this morning.
It’s becoming a well-worn refrain in South Australia that it’s much harder to lift coronavirus restrictions than impose them. Which, writes Tom Richardson, might explain why we’re doing a much worse job of it.
