News
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.
Opinion
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.
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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.
Twenty people, including one child, who quarantined in South Australia’s medi-hotels last year were taken to hospital after their mental health deteriorated during their stay, with the state’s chief psychiatrist saying self-harm was a factor in some cases.
The Spanish man accused by South Australian authorities of sparking last month’s lockdown will remain in the state for the foreseeable future, his lawyer says, despite his visa renewal application being still under review.
A Marshall Government proposal to COVID-test Australian citizens returning from overseas before they board their flights has been shot down by national cabinet at a meeting in Canberra today.
