South Australia will further relax COVID rules tomorrow, taking the state to its most relaxed level of restrictions since the pandemic arrived.
South Australia has recorded 2,503 new cases and one COVID-linked death, the day before significant restrictions are scrapped.The state will significantly ease restrictions tomorrowCase numbers haveHowever, the number of people in hospital has continued to decrease and now sits at 88.SA Health said its regular genome sampling of COVID cases showed that 100 per cent were the Omicron variant.
"It hasn't been brought to my attention as a variant of concern or any indication that the arrival of this sub-variant is going to change our current situation in terms of how we're managing COVID," he said. "I suppose as a contrast, when Omicron first emerged there was urgent discussions and meetings held about the possible implications of this new variant and we have not had that at this point in time.
"So I'd take that as a sign of confidence that people aren't specifically concerned about this new variant at this time and let's hope it stays that way." Immunisation Coalition chair Dr Rod Pearce told ABC Radio Adelaide's David Bevan he had spoken about the new sub-variant with interstate colleagues, and they believed the current vaccines offered enough protection against it.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.What you need to know about coronavirus:
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