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Medi-hotel quarantine order for overseas arrivals under spotlight
SA Health says airport processes are being “reviewed” in an attempt to allow approved travellers to go directly to home quarantine rather than to a medi-hotel first.
SA Health says airport processes are being “reviewed” in an attempt to allow approved travellers to go directly to home quarantine rather than to a medi-hotel first.
SA Police are seeking public help to find a woman who absconded from medi-hotel quarantine in Adelaide after arriving from Darwin using a stolen driver’s licence.
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The Marshall Government has shot down an offer from one of Adelaide’s most prominent business leaders to use The Bend motorsport facility at Tailem Bend as a standalone COVID quarantine hub – despite Victoria’s Andrews Government today confirming it’s exploring new “purpose-built accommodation” away from the CBD.
Yet another case of a medi-hotel worker testing positive to COVID-19 is more evidence that overseas arrivals should be quarantined in purpose-built regional locations away from mass population centres, argues Adrian Esterman.
The Government-owned Adelaide Venue Management Corporation was paid almost $240,000 to provide catering for guests at two medi-hotels for just five days, parliament has been told.
EXCLUSIVE | Health authorities are reviewing the case of an Adelaide patient who tested positive to the new ‘UK strain’ of coronavirus, after she lodged a complaint about her treatment alleging SA Health bungled her quarantine and care arrangements.