Alice Springs put in lockdown, South Australia gets first community cases of 2021 as Queensland, NSW outbreaks grow Newshub 5 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub
South Australia has detected new community COVID-19 cases for the first time since November last year as the country grapples with a nationwide resurgence of the virus.
The five new cases were detected in a family isolating in Adelaide. One member of the family had been at the Tanami mine in the Northern Territory, where a small outbreak had been recorded last week.
It comes as the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs enters a 72-hour lockdown and outbreaks in other Australian states grew on Wednesday, with the already locked down Queensland and New South Wales reporting three and 22 new cases respectively.
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Professor Spurrier confirmed weddings and funerals would also be capped at 150 people.
She advised South Australians to carry a mask with them at all times.
Professor Spurrier said the restrictions were about protecting the state from outbreaks in surrounding states. We are in a global pandemic and things change and they change very quickly, she said.
No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in South Australia today.
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Mr Marshall said the measures taken this week were to stop the possible spread of the virus in the state and implored people to get tested and vaccinated if they could. We have to be very vigilant at the moment, and we are pleading with the people of South Australia to immediately go and get themselves tested, even if they have the most minor of symptoms, he said.
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