SA’s chief public health officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier, answers your COVID-19 questions live
The state’s COVID-19 health chief Nicola Spurrier has answered reader’s coronavirus questions, as South Australia records no new cases today. Watch the replay.
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The state’s COVID-19 health chief has answered your most pressing coronavirus questions in a special online session with advertiser.com.au.
Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier spoke to senior journalist Andrew Houghin a 45-minute wide-ranging Q&A on issues such as testing, restrictions and the state’s worst cluster to QR codes and medi-hotels.
This week she revealed how the state had beaten a second virus wave before revealing an official review had blamed poor ventilation in the Peppers medi-hotel for spreading COVID-19 and sparking the Parafield cluster.
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