Figure includes both Commonwealth and SA Health administered vaccines.
All South Australians who have symptoms of COVID-19 should get tested on the day symptoms appear. Symptoms include:
Fever or chills (in the absence of an alternative illness that explains these symptoms)
An acute respiratory infection e.g. cough, sore throat, runny nose, or shortness of breath
Loss of smell or alteration in the sense of taste
Diarrhoea and vomiting
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Phase 1A and 1B vaccinations are still ongoing after starting in February.
That includes health workers, aged care staff and residents, border and quarantine workers and their households, critical and high-risk workers, over-70s, people with medical conditions and disabilities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and over.
People attend the Barwon Health COVID-19 Vaccination Hub in Geelong, Victoria.(The Age)
People aged 50 and over are also now able to get their jabs and in most states and territories, people aged over 40 can now also book - or at least register their details for a future booking.
WA s Chief Health Officer Dr Andrew Robertson said while the risk is deemed to be low, any Western Australians who visited Bexley Anestis Aquatic Centre between 9 and 9.30am and Pancakes on the Rocks restaurant between 10.45am and midday on Saturday March 13 should get tested immediately and quarantine until March 27 - 14 days from March 13 when the case was considered to be infectious.
Media statement: WA Health advice following confirmed NSW COVID-19 case https://t.co/SH5jICu4ls WA Health (@WAHealth) March 14, 2021 The man also caught a train from Hurstville, in Sydney at 6:30pm on Friday 12 March and then from Sydney to Hurstville, leaving at 7:00am on Saturday March 13.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Two Australian states hit, border alerts issued
14 Mar, 2021 05:16 PM
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Auckland moves to alert level one today after 14 days since the last community case of Covid 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
Auckland moves to alert level one today after 14 days since the last community case of Covid 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
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Authorities in New South Wales and Queensland are urgently contact tracing after separate instances of potential Covid-19 spread from managed isolation facilities.
In Queensland, hundreds of people have been contacted as a quarantine hotel went into lockdown after two residents tested positive with investigations under way to see if there was any transmission.