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Schools, hospitality venues, non-essential retail and gyms are set to reopen with some restrictions from midnight Tuesday, with Premier Steven Marshall announcing a “sensible pathway” out of South Australia’s week-long lockdown after reporting just one new coronavirus case linked to the Modbury cluster.
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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.
South Australia has opened its border to travellers from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of Queensland provided they get tested, but New South Wales and the ACT remain locked out over concerns about a spreading Delta variant outbreak.
Pubs and clubs can return to 75 per cent capacity, masks are no longer recommended on public transport and up to 200 people can gather at homes, after South Australian authorities lifted all internal restrictions introduced last week.
UPDATED: South Australia will not be ordered into lockdown despite recording five new coronavirus cases linked to a Northern Territory mine – but home gatherings have been restricted to 10 and people are being urged to work from home and wear masks while in public.
Masks must be worn indoors in high risk settings, private gatherings will be capped at 150 people and licensed premises will return to a one person per two-square-metre density cap with a ban on drinking alcohol while standing indoors, under a series of restrictions to be reimposed in South Australia from midnight.
