Five travellers from New Zealand have been forced into hotel quarantine in Adelaide after arriving unexpectedly on a flight from Sydney.
SA Premier Steven Marshall made the announcement at a press conference this afternoon.All passengers identified themselves at Adelaide Airport and are now in hotel quarantine in Adelaide, he said."We are looking very closely at the arrangements with regards to our borders with New Zealand," he said.
"They've done extraordinarily well and we're hopeful that we might be able to lift that border restriction with New Zealand when it's safe to do so.", Tasmania and now South Australia."Our system here in South Australia works extraordinarily well."
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