One new case was reported in SA on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the Parafield cluster to 26. And she said the state’s public health team had used the lockdown to “supercharge” the contact tracing system. In Victoria, the first breach of hotel quarantine was detected on 27 May, a month before the breach was identified as the source of a growing cluster in the northern suburbs, and those 10 suburbs were placed into lockdown. These are difficult decisions that have to be made in the best interest of the wider community.”Spurrier said public health officials were guided by the precautionary principle. Marshall dismissed criticism of the state’s hotel quarantine program, but said it would be subject to an investigation.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2020 02:52 UTC