Border restrictions with Victoria will be completely lifted on Monday night at midnight, as a suite of changes are made to SA’s restrictions. And there are no new COVID cases today.
Premier Steven Marshall has announced border restrictions with Victoria will be completely lifted on Monday night at midnight.
Patron caps at licensed venues also will be removed from Tuesday in a suite of new changes to SA’s COVID restrictions.
The new-look restrictions are for two weeks, and will then be reviewed again.
“I can announce a series of changes to restrictions for a two-week period from next Tuesday. These chart our course back to where we want to be by Christmas.,” Mr Marshall said.
He made the announcement in the daily update with SA Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier and Police Commissioner Grant Stevens.
There are also no new COVID cases today, meaning there are now 31 cases still linked to the Parafield cluster. About 5000 close contacts are in quarantine.
Restrictions to be lifted from next Tuesday include:
- Patron caps on all general trade in licensed businesses will be removed, conditional of employing QR code check-ins;
- Indoors, the one person per 4sq m rule remains, and seated drinking is allowed;
- Outdoors, standing-up drinking will be allowed and it’s one person per 2sq m;
- Funeral caps will be increased to 150, weddings will stay at 150 but dancing and standing-up drinking is allowed;
- Private functions will be capped at 150, home gatherings will stay at 10;
- Gatherings over 1000 people and nightclubs will require a signed-off COVID-safe plan.
- Community sports can start again on Tuesday but there will be a modified program of fixtures.
The Premier also has requested SA not take overseas arrivals until December 7.
For people wishing to enter SA from Victoria from Tuesday, they will still need to complete a prior approval process, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said.
“But we’ll be assessing whether we retain that online application process moving forward,” Mr Stevens said.
“In the first stages, it will still be there, but we’ll give further information as we make adjustments to how we allow people to come into SA, particularly by road.
“As we open up to other states, the volume is going to be a substantial issue for us.
“There’s going to be a point where we need to work a way that doesn’t unfairly inhibit people coming into SA.”
He said easing of restrictions from Tuesday would be “contingent” on businesses displaying QR codes.
“There will be a communications packages that will go out – it will be very simple. People with a COVID-safe plan will be required to update it but that will be mailed to them, Mr Stevens said.
“Required business will need to produce that QR code on their business. Some of the restrictions being relaxed are contingent on businesses obtaining a QR code.”
SA Police will not be able to access the data created and it won’t be used for any other purpose, Mr Stevens said.
Prof Spurrier said the reason home gatherings were still capped at 10 was because COVID was spread very quickly via droplets and family gatherings were a higher risk because they tended to last longer.
She said authorities would look at caps on home gatherings again closer to Christmas.
Prof Spurrier said: “This is really a period of high alert for us. My recommendation is, if you can work from home, do that for next two weeks.”
On Wednesday evening, a schoolgirl at Woodville High tested positive after going to the Woodville pizza bar, while a man in his 40s tested positive yesterday, bringing the Parafield cluster to 31.
The man is a close contact of a person in the cluster and who was already in quarantine with his family.
New alerts have been issued for two South Australian shopping centres, while a western suburbs high school remains closed for a second day after a student tested positive.
Anyone who attended the following shopping centres during these specific times are asked to monitor for symptoms and get tested immediately if they develop:
Kilkenny
• Armada Arndale Shopping Centre on November 15 from 11:30am – 12:30pm and on November 22 from 11:00am – 11:30am
Port Adelaide
• Port Adelaide Plaza on November 13 from 6:40pm – 9:30pm and November 15 from 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Woodville High School tested positive to COVID-19 remained closed on Thursday for deep cleaning and the Education Department said it would stay shut on Friday.
There are plans for the school to reopen on Monday.
SA Health advised the following people are required to self quarantine for 14 days:
■ Students in Year 9 who attended the school on either Monday, November 23 and/or Tuesday, November 24
■ Specific staff members who SA Health have determined as close contacts (these people have been notified).
SA Health Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Emily Kirkpatrick said not all household members of the identified staff and year 9 students are required to self quarantine.
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