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South Australia has recorded just one new COVID case for the second day running, with Premier Steven Marshall declaring the state remains “on track to come out of lockdown on Tuesday next week”.
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South Australia has recorded a single new COVID-19 case overnight – a man who visited Tenafeate Creek Wines and was not infectious while in the community – prompting Premier Steven Marshall to express hope that the state’s lockdown might be able to lift after seven days.
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UPDATED: South Australia’s COVID cluster has grown to 14 after another two new positive cases were recorded overnight – a brother and sister who visited the Tenafeate Creek Wines “super spreader” exposure site – following a record day of testing across the state.
The Australian Defence Force is being recruited to help manage South Australia’s COVID lockdown crisis, as people queued for more than 10 hours at testing stations while the number of confirmed cases rose to six and the list of exposure sites grows.
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.
Police Commissioner and state emergency coordinator Grant Stevens says new COVID restrictions may be imposed at any time in South Australia, warning of a “potential outbreak now in Tailem Bend” and announcing new entry rules for arrivals from Greater Melbourne.
