#Australian lockdown trial#

only with people from the same household.

By this date, approximately 3,000 people were in quarantine at home. This was after a 5 case cluster of the Delta variant emerged linked to Modbury Hospital. On 20 July, from 6pm, South Australia went into lockdown for 7 days.

Events requiring COVID management plans were cancelled.

gyms and indoor fitness facilities closed.

indoor dining banned, only outdoor dining allowed.

The restrictions were due to be reviewed on 23 July. On 19 July, from midnight 'level 4' restrictions were introduced after a traveller from overseas (via quarantine and hospital in Sydney) and two close contacts all tested positive. She was vaccinated with AstraZeneca on 24 June, then admitted on 5 July.

On 11 July, a 72-year-old woman with thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) died in Royal Adelaide Hospital. not required, but highly recommended on public transport.hospitals and other 'personal care settings'.On 28 June, from midnight, SA pre-emptively re-introduced a number of restrictions for at least 7 days: Exemption were available for residents returning to SA, essential travellers, and special cases. No one who had been in NSW in the past 14 days was allowed entry to SA. ĭue to a growing cluster in Bondi, Sydney, on 23 June South Australia 'immediately' reinstated a hard border with NSW.

#Australian lockdown trial#

In mid-June, sniffer dogs were deployed on a trial basis at Adelaide Airport to detect people with COVID-19 infections. On 30 April, South Australia's first COVID-19 mass vaccination hub opened at Adelaide Showground. A doctor in regional South Australia, she was dosed at Murray Bridge Hospital. On 5 March 2021, the first Australian received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. On 12 February 2021, the World Solar Challenge (SWC) for that year was cancelled by the SA Government. As part of the easing of 'circuit breaker restrictions', groups of 50 people were allowed to attend private functions and funerals, ten people to attend private functions, and 100 people allowed to attend restaurants and pubs. On 21 November, Premier Steven Marshall announced that the state's 'circuit breaker' restrictions would be ending three days earlier on 21 November after authorities discovered that one of the positive cases at the Woodville Pizza Bar coronavirus hotspot in the western Adelaide suburb of Woodville had misled contact tracers by concealing the fact that he worked at the shop.

Afterwards there was to be another eight days of 'significant restrictions' according to Police Commissioner Grant Stevens. On 18 November, a six-day lockdown from midnight that day was announced. On 16 November, 'a number of significant restrictions' were reintroduced after an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. On 8 November the SA government announced that in the state budget it would double its coronavirus economic stimulus package to AU$4 billion. On 27 March, a direction was made under the Emergency Management Act 2004 to prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people, and a limit of 1 person per four square metres. People arriving in the state were required to sign a declaration that they would self-isolate for 14 days and provide an address to the police, with penalties for failure to comply. On 22 March, a 'major emergency' was declared, giving the police power to enforce self-isolation rules. On 15 March, a public health emergency was declared in South Australia. On 11 March, the SA state government announced its A$350 million economic stimulus measures. A 'pool closed' sign outside the Marion Outdoor Swimming Centre in Park Holme, South Australia, April 2020 2020