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South Australia has recorded one new case of coronavirus on Sunday in a man who returned to Adelaide from India earlier this week.
The man in his 30s and his family are in hotel quarantine and SA Health says there is no threat to the public.
“He has been in quarantine in a medi-hotel since he arrived,” acting chief medical officer Michael Cusack said.
“On day one he had a test and that was a negative test.
“But the day 12 test has returned a positive result.
“He has mild symptoms – just a cough – and he remains in medi-hotel isolation.”
The man was travelling with three family members. All four people were transferred to another medi-hotel which better enabled the patient to be separated from the other three.
The state’s 461st case follows an other expatriate – a man aged in his 30s – testing positive on Friday.
Dr Cusack said there had been 4101 tests conducted, with a slight decrease not unexpected following the dissolution of the Thebarton cluster.
As case numbers in SA decreased, Dr Cusack expects the rate of testing to fall – however, he rejected suggestions South Australians were becoming complacent.
“With the degree of anxiety that’s being transmitted from our colleagues in Victoria, I don’t think we’re at the point where there’s complacency,” he said.
“Particularly in those border areas in the South East because that’s where our risk lies at the moment.”
Dr Cusack said SA was well placed to be able to accept the planned flight of international students into Adelaide.
“I don’t have reservations,” he said.
“We’ve gained a lot of experience from the repatriation flights as to how to best manage those coming from overseas who could clearly bring with them a component of risk of COVID-19.”
There are now seven active cases in SA, four of which are linked to the Thebarton cluster, which The Advertiser revealed had been contained this weekend .
More than 1400 people linked to the cluster walked free from isolation, including from the Ibis Hotel, on Saturday.
Meanwhile Hundreds more travellers have entered South Australia from Victoria in the past week and were part of the largest group of interstate visitors to the state despite a hard border, official figures show.
As the state’s latest cluster was declared contained and no new cases emerged on Saturday, police data showed 6910 border approvals were granted in the six days to Thursday night.
In comparison 6486 travellers crossed from Victoria the previous week.
More permits were issued for commercial transport and freight services as well as cross border communities in a week in which authorities announced a new crackdown.
Health officials back SA-made medical masks
On concerns about the efficacy of D95+ masks manufactured by SA company Detmold, Dr Cusack said they remained safe for treating COVID-19 patients but might not be suitable for surgery.
The masks had passed local and international tests and were efficient at filtering out particulates.
They were made of high quality material and had a degree of imperviousness to fluids – however, a new laboratory in Australia had found they were not fully resistant to fluids.
“In terms of protecting staff who are potentially caring for COVID patients, more often than not it is the particle filtration which is crucial,” he said.
If there was any doubt about exposure to a squirt of fluid or blood, a face shield should also be used. SA had about 120,000 to 150,000 face shields in stock.
Health Minister Stephen Wade said SA Health was being abundantly cautious in protecting staff.
“I’m sure Detmold will continue to work with SA Health to make sure its masks are fit for purpose,” he said.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said Detmold and Victorian company Medcon had been contracted to supply 150 million face masks for the national stockpile.
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“This recognises the importance of having domestic supply and mitigates risk, as well as the benefit to onshore investment and production capacity,” a spokesman for Mr Hunt said.
“The National Medical Stockpile is yet to receive any masks from Detmold under the contract.”
The Therapeutic Goods Administration was working with SA Health on quality assurance.
Labor health spokesman Chris Picton called for transparency around the testing of the Detmold masks.
“It’s absolutely essential we make sure our health care workers are protected,” he said.
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