
SA prepares to shut border to Greater Melbourne at midnight
South Australian authorities intend to shut the state’s border to Greater Melbourne at midnight tonight, following the emergence of a new Victorian cluster.
South Australian authorities intend to shut the state’s border to Greater Melbourne at midnight tonight, following the emergence of a new Victorian cluster.
South Australians will be allowed to party with up to 200 people at their home from tomorrow, provided they maintain a density of one person per two square-metres and comply with special safety measures.
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New South Wales residents will be banned from travelling into South Australia while South Australians in the eastern state are being urged to return home as soon as possible under a hard border closure to be imposed at midnight tonight.
Up to 50 people will be able to gather at people’s homes, masks in public won’t be encouraged and stand-up drinking will return to pubs and bars under a raft of revised restrictions to kick in from Monday, as authorities eye a return to normality early in the new year.
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has overruled the advice of chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier to immediately relax density caps on hospitality venues to one person per two-square-metres, as the state today recorded its sixth straight day of no new coronavirus cases.
South Australia has recorded its fourth straight day of no new coronavirus cases, but health authorities are still trying to locate close contacts of positive cases who might be at risk.
South Australia has recorded no new coronavirus cases today, amid revelations authorities failed to report a past positive case, confusion over masks and delays in implementation of a streamlined QR code process for some phone users.