South Australia has recorded over a hundred new COVID-19 cases for the first time, just days away from Christmas. 7NEWS
The spike in cases has also prompted record numbers of people to line up for coronavirus tests, with wait times at some drive-through centres in Adelaide blowing out to several hours.
Opposition Health spokesman Chris Picton said the state government assured the public that authorities were prepared for the opening of borders last month and testing capacity was adequate. “However, in the past week we’ve seen South Australians waiting hours to do the right thing and get tested,” he said.Credit:“The demand on testing was always going to increase after the borders opened and COVID cases in our community increased.”
Premier Steven Marshall has also criticised the actions of a man who spent several hours at a city nightclub over the weekend after being informed by text that he had tested positive for COVID-19.Police are investigating the case but the premier said the man’s actions were very regrettable and had caused strong public outrage.
“It serves as a lesson to everybody that while we’ve done well as a state, it does rely on everybody doing the right thing,” he said.
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