In a shock announcement on Friday, South Australia state Premier Steven Marshall said the six-day strict lockdown would be lifted earlier-than-expected, at midnight on Saturday, as the virus was not as contagious as initially thought. How did the infections begin in South Australia? Another team reviewed the information obtained in the interview, but wasn't satisfied with “the feeling they got from this”, South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said, speaking at the conference. Is South Australia out of the woods yet? The state's chief public health officer, Nicola Spurrier, also warned that the number of cases in South Australia would rise over the next couple of days, though those individuals are already in isolation and are not a threat to the wider community.

Source: The Hindu November 20, 2020 06:42 UTC