SA Covid updates: What we know so far after family of five tests positive to Covid-19
A South Australian miner and four of his family members have tested positive to Covid-19 after he returned from the NT. However, SA is not going into lockdown and there are no new cases so far.
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On Wednesday, it was revealed that a man and four of his family members had tested positive after he returned to Adelaide from a Northern Territory mine, but South Australia is not going into lockdown.
For Thursday's unlocked live coverage of the Covid situation in SA, go here.
KEY POINTS:
- No new Covid cases on Thursday morning
- The infected miner and his family were isolating and have not been active in the community
- SA Health authorities have been retesting all 29 miners who returned to SA from the Northern Territory mine
- Adelaide Airport has been declared a Covid exposure site - anyone who was at the airport terminal on Friday, 25 June between 5.40pm and 6.30pm is asked to self-isolate for 14 days, get tested and notify SA Health
- Everybody on Virgin Flight VA1742, which landed in Adelaide on Friday June 25, asked to quarantine and get tested
- Home gatherings in SA now capped at 10 for metropolitan Adelaide, the Fleurieu Peninsula, Mt Barker, the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley
- Masks strongly recommended in public and indoor gatherings, as is working from home for those areas
- Home gatherings are capped at 150 for the rest of the state
- The man stopped for takeaway on his way home from the airport on Friday but the shop has not been named
- As both South Australian clubs make a mad dash to Victoria, the AFL has revealed its plan of attack for the Crows-Lions match
- Alice Springs into 72-hour lockdown from 1pm after the man spent time at the airport
- The man tested negative in Adelaide on his arrival home but later developed symptoms while isolating
- Prof Spurrier says the initial negative test but this was possibly a false negative
- His wife and three of his four children have now tested positive
- The miners and their families have been in isolation since news of the outbreak was made available, and all have tested negative
- Premier pleads with people not to panic buy
Authorities in SA enforced a raft of new restrictions from Tuesday - for the latest restrictions go here.
The SA borders are currently closed to all states except Tasmania and Victoria.