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A cluster linked to at least five positive COVID-19 cases in South Australia – prompting a SA Health alert, the closure of a western suburbs school and forcing 1100 people and Opposition leaders into self-isolation – was sparked by self-isolation at a Walkerville hotel that went awry. Stephanie Richards tracks what happened.
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UPDATED | Around 70 young South Australians will be placed into immediate quarantine at a city “medi-hotel”, and another 1100 people told to self-isolate until mid-August, as SA Health took dramatic action after a fifth COVID-19 case emerged late today in a cluster associated with a school in Adelaide’s inner-west.
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The state’s anti-corruption watchdog is conducting “live investigations” into potential criminal misconduct within SA Health, which Commissioner Bruce Lander has told parliament involve cases “at the more serious end of the spectrum”.
Victoria has recorded 723 new cases and 13 deaths overnight and extended compulsory masks to all of the state. Welcome to your serving of the day’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. Follow this post for breaking news through the day.
EXCLUSIVE: South Australia’s Chief Psychiatrist has intervened in the care given to patients by public mental health services in Adelaide’s south after allegations were referred to him by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.
BREAKING | A man arriving at Adelaide Airport has tested positive for COVID-19, despite being released from isolation after an earlier positive coronavirus test in Melbourne.
The controversy surrounding South Australia’s handling of a special exemption allowing a woman who tested positive to COVID-19 into the state has intensified dramatically, with SA Health first blaming Victoria for a “glitch” that saw her arrive without local authorities being told – only to then backtrack and admit they’d missed the email.
