South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says there have been no cases of community transmission from Adelaide's coronavirus outbreak — and that all known cases so far have been traced to close contacts.
Key points:
- One new coronavirus case has been recorded in South Australia
- Police have identified the man who lied to contact tracers
- SA Health has been unable to get in touch with 40 close contacts of the cluster
South Australia has reported one new case in the past 24 hours in a close contact and is still expecting more cases from the Parafield cluster, with a total of 26 so far.
About 5,400 people linked to the outbreak are in quarantine, but authorities are struggling to reach 40 close contacts.
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said Taskforce Protect detectives were speaking to a 36-year-old man on a temporary graduate's visa who lied to contract tracers and two of his contacts.
"It is fair to say that had this person been more upfront with us, we would not have instituted a six-day lockdown … This is the straw that broke the camel's back," he said.
He said police had found 100 per cent compliance with directions to get tested and stay in quarantine.
About 19,000 tests were conducted yesterday.
Lockdown still in place
The "circuit breaker" lockdown will end early at midnight tonight, when shops and businesses will be allowed to open again.
Mr Stevens said he was confident the right decision had been made "with the information available" to put the state into lockdown.
"Hindsight's a wonderful thing," he said.
The Premier urged people to continue to follow the restrictions that were still in place until midnight.
"We are still managing a very dangerous cluster, and although we are reducing those restrictions, we are still very concerned about this cluster and there are still many people we need to identify and put into a quarantine situation."
The Adelaide Central Market opened this morning after an update to COVID–19 directions.
Mr Marshall said the State Government was not considering compensation for affected businesses.
"Compensation is not something we're contemplating at this point in time," he said.
More people need testing
SA Health says it is critical anyone who develops symptoms, especially over the next week, gets a test.
"This is the time for all South Australians, regardless of where you are, to really think about the fact that you might be becoming unwell, you might be getting a little bit of a sore throat, runny nose and such-like … to get tested," Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said.
"That's a really big message for today. This next week for us is critical in our state."
Dr Spurrier said the people who had been contacted to go into quarantine but who had not replied were connected with the Woodville Pizza Bar, Roma Mitchell Secondary College, the Intensive English Language Institute at Flinders University and Anglicare's Brompton aged care home.
SA Health last night added SA Structural to the list of locations that people who visited must quarantine immediately and seek a COVID-19 test.
Only one person is in hospital from the cluster, with the original woman who turned up sick at hospital last week and her husband released into a medi-hotel.
Dr Spurrier today described the doctor who made sure the woman, who had a slight cough, to get tested for coronavirus as a "heroine".
There are now 37 active coronavirus cases in South Australia and 554 in total since the start of the pandemic.
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