South Australia is set to host the remainder of the 2021 Super Netball League season, with four interstate teams already relocating to Adelaide and others to follow soon.
The League will set up a netball hub in Adelaide due to Covid-19 border restrictions.
There are four rounds left in the season.
Thousands queue for Covid tests as SA locks down Victorian border
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South Australia's borders have now shut to much of Victoria, as authorities reveal new local restrictions to avoid a full blown lockdown in our state.
Changes for SA
*Stricter border rules for travellers from Victoria
*Tighter restrictions in SA with 50 per cent density and mask rules to return
*Bans on dancing, singing and shisha bars
*Plans to loosen SE Queensland border dropped
Mr Marshall said on Thursday afternoon SA authorities remained deeply concerned about new Victorian cases linked to the MCG. Victoria now has two Covid outbreaks and will go into lockdown again from midnight.
He said South Australian residents would be allowed to return home under Level 3 restrictions unless they've been in Greater Melbourne, Geelong or Bacchus Marsh. Level 3 restrictions require Covid tests on days one, five and 13, and self-quarantine until a negative result is received.
From midnight, any essential travellers or South Australians returning home who have been in those three areas are now subject to Level 6 restrictions, requiring a full 14 days of home quarantine.
Interstate residents not classified as an essential worker will not be permitted to enter the state across the Victorian border, but the 70km bubble for border communities remains unchanged.
The border was no longer be lifted to South-East Queensland overnight as planned - however restrictions were removed for Townsville and Birdsville.
There is no change to border arrangements with NSW and the ACT.
Masks are also mandatory in high risk areas including aged care and correctional facilities, as well as for personal care services, and are recommended but not mandatory for public transports.
Restrictions have been reintroduced on singing, dancing and shisha bars, and private activities are capped at 150 people.
There are now 238 primary and secondary close contacts of the Sydney furniture removalists who sparked the SA scare in quarantine, including the McLaren Vale family of four who have all tested negative, and eight staff at the OTR Motorsport Park service station who also have tested negative. Two SAPOL officers who checked the van at the border are also in quarantine.
SA Health said the 150 people identified as having returned from Victoria who had visited exposure sites - including 120 who were at the MCG for the Carlton-Geelong game - must get tested and notify SA Health.
They must stay in home isolation, along with their family, until receiving further advice from SA Health on whether they need to do a full 14 days isolation.
SA Health has texted 8705 people who crossed the border from Victoria since July 8 advising them to get tested and be alert for symptoms but stresses not all may have been at exposure sites.
Commissioner Grant Stevens said crowd numbers at Adelaide Oval were subject to discussions between SA Health And the Stadium Management Authority but indicated a reduction in numbers was likely.
He also ruled out fining the Tailem Bend Shell service station for not enforcing QR code check-in, or issuing expiation notices to people who had not checked in, after checks showed 76 credit card transactions but only 25 QR code checks between 5.20pm and 7.20pm last Friday.
He stressed it was in the greater public good to encourage such people to come forward rather than having them not identify themselves as possible close contacts due to fear of a fine.
"We don't want to scare off people," he said.
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Super Netball League makes Adelaide hub
Change expected for Power clash
A change is expected for Port Adelaide’s crunch clash against St Kilda and the Power are likely to be under strict protocols.
The Power were originally set to play the Saints on Saturday night, but Melbourne's lockdown has thrown plans into disarray.
Now, they're expected to still play on Saturday, but at an earlier time slot.
Number of Covid sites in Victoria surges past 100
New venues are being added to Victoria’s Covid exposure sites by the hour after NSW’s outbreak spread across the border.
Among the new sites is an MCC bar that’s been upgraded to a Tier 1 site after more fans who attended the Carlton versus Geelong game tested positive.
The packed-out Wallabies Test match against France at AAMI Park on Tuesday night, attended by 20,000 fans, has also been added.
For all the latest on exposure sites in Victoria, click here.
SA's restrictions with Vic, Qld
Confused about the current restrictions? Here's an SA Health graphic that might help.
It outlines the rules for those returning to South Australia from Victoria and Queensland from today.
NSW records almost 100 new cases
NSW has seen a big spike in Covid numbers, with 97 new infections until 8pm Thursday night.
And that isn’t just the number troubling NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
“Unfortunately, 29 of those we understand were infectious for all of the time they were infectious in the community," she said on Friday morning.
Aussie star out of Olympics after testing positive
Aussie tennis star Alex de Minaur is out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive to COVID-19 in pre-departure swabs.
De Minaur had not yet arrived in Tokyo.
The news has been confirmed by the AOC’s Chef de Mission, Ian Chesterman.
“We have been advised that Alex de Minaur has had a positive test, at his mandatory 96-hour, and 72-hour pre-departure tests,” Chesterman said.
“As a consequence, sadly, Alex will be unable to join the Australian team here in Tokyo,” Chesterman said.
One new case in Qld
Queensland has recorded one new case of locally acquired Covid-19 overnight, as the Sydney Delta outbreak is confirmed to have spread to the Sunshine State.
The new case comes on top of thee positive results yesterday, with genomic sequencing confirming they are the highly-contagious Delta strain.
The new cases resulted in a mask mandate for some parts of Queensland being extended for another week.
Victoria records six new cases
Victoria has recorded six new cases as the state enters its fifth lockdown.
All of the cases are linked to existing outbreaks.
The state now has 36 active cases of Covid-19.
Premier Daniel Andrews says he can't guarantee the snap shutdown will be lifted after five days, as protestors descend on state parliament.
Van Gough Alive sessions cancelled
The show will go on, but some sessions of the popular Van Gough Alive exhibit have been cancelled because of SA's new density restrictions.
Density levels for indoor venues were reduced to 50 per cent by authorities on Thursday following growing outbreaks on the eastern seaboard.
For more information on how the restrictions affect Van Gough Alive, see the full story here.
Long queues at Covid testing clinics
There are reports of long queues at many of the state's Covid-19 testing clinics this morning.
The wait at Victoria Park, which is being run as a 24-hour testing station, was 2-3 hours long this morning.
Those returning from Victoria would be adding to the queues, as they are subject to varying levels of restrictions, from levels 3 to 6, which all require a test on day 1.
People arriving from the Greater Brisbane area after 12.01am today who are permitted arrivals or essential travellers also must get tested on day 1 before staring 14 days of self-quarantine.
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