SA records two new locally acquired COVID-19 infections - NEWS.com.au

South Australia has recorded two new COVID-19 infections on Thursday.

The new case cases are linked to the Parafield cluster, which has 31 people connected.

It brings the state’s total number of cases to 559 with 40 considered active.

The state initially recorded no new infections on Wednesday but health officials revealed later in the afternoon there was in fact one new case, however her test was counted in Thursday’s tally.

It was a female student who attended the Woodville High School in Adelaide’s western suburbs.

An alert was quickly issued for all staff and students who were on campus on Monday to isolate until further notice with their families.

SA Health’s Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the teenage girl was exposed to the virus at the Woodville Pizza Bar, having picked up a pizza on November 14.

“That whole area around Woodville, we are going to be putting out more messaging today and we are going to be doing more testing there and to help people in that area we are going to make sure we have got enough testing sites available,” she said.

“We will be doing genomics testing to be absolutely certain that this student is linked.”

It is still unknown if the student caught public transport to and from school but Professor Spurrier said any information that the public needed to know would be listed on the SA Health website.

Health authorities are looking at setting up a pop-up testing clinic at Woodville, with the council chambers being explored as a possible location.

Professor Spurrier said the second person who tested positive to the virus is a male in his 40s who is a close contact of a confirmed case.

She said he was in quarantine and was isolating with his family.

Premier Steven Marshall said nearly 5000 people had gone into quarantine to reduce the circulation of this virus and “stop it in its tracks”.

“The record testing rates we have seen over the last few days will be critical in our efforts to rein in this virus,” he said.

“Nearly 10,000 South Australians were tested yesterday. This is quite simply an outstanding result for our state.”

The state’s Transition Committee will meet again on Friday.

More to come.

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2020-11-26 03:09:43Z
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