State’s first Covid-19 exposure site linked to infected removalist
A service station outside of Adelaide has been identified as SA’s first Covid-19 exposure site linked to infected removalists who drove in from Sydney.
South Australian authorities have now determined an exposure site after an infected removalist entered the state from Sydney via Victoria last week.
Premier Steven Marshall announced on Tuesday morning the removalists had attended the Shell service station at Tailem Bend, a town along the Murray River, on their journey.
Anyone who had been to the site between 5pm-7.20pm on Friday, July 9 must isolate for two weeks and get Covid-19 tested.
There were 18 QR check-ins within that time frame and SA Health is now contacting those people to ensure they are tested and placed in isolation as soon as possible.
The Premier said authorities would also ask those people who checked-in at the business if they were in the company of others who didn’t scan the QR code while on the premises.
SA deputy chief public health officer Emily Kirkpatrick and Mr Marshall both assured the public there were currently no other exposure sites within McLaren Vale or metropolitan Adelaide.
Dr Kirkpatrick said the three travellers did not check into the service station and the worker at the Tailem Bend business has already been notified.
Three removalists from two trucks were assisting a family who permanently relocated to the McLaren Vale region in SA from NSW last Friday.
Initially, only one of the workers tested positive to virus but NSW authorities announced on Monday that his colleague later returned a positive result.
SA recorded no new infections on Tuesday.
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