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South Australians will no longer need to wear masks on public transport from tomorrow, while QR code scanning will be scrapped at disability, aged care and healthcare facilities from Friday, and unvaccinated visitors will be allowed into aged care homes. Updated on 11 November 2022, at 16:15 AET. "It is a very confined space you're next to people, you don't know who they are [or] whether they've got any severedisabilities.". Police Commissioner Stevens said he expected there would be high compliance from hospitality venues once the new restrictions are brought in. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. It is also highly recommended that customers wear masks. Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier says its still critically important that social distancing principles are abided by as authorities track down every last trace of the Parafield cluster. . Get InDaily in your inbox. 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If you have any symptoms or believe you may have COVID-19, please do not travel on passenger transport if possible. "I wanted to remind people that yeah, I quote these statistics, but these are all grieving families and we should never forget that.". Full Digital Access $4 (min. Spurrier said that if the delta strain made its way to South Australia, an infectious person would pass the virus on to three and a half other people. The best local news every workday at lunch time. It has been deemed that bringing back the mask mandate will ensure greater face coverage will not only reduce the impact of such stench, but also ensure that the face of the average South Australian public transport commuter is at least partially covered. Adelaide Metro says it is looking at ways to boost . That has the potential to cut off that ongoing chain of transmission.. Funerals are capped at a maximum of 50 people. Staff and visitors must wear masks in hospitals, aged care facilities and prisons. 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With the new lifting of rules they are no longer required on domestic flights and it seems a bit silly we dont have to wear them on planes but they are still required to ride the train When I tried to look it up online everything says they are still required but also none of those sites appear to have been updated since the most recent rule change, and certainly no one else on the train this morning was wearing a mask. Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier said she hoped the restrictions would not impact the states economy significantly. But new locally-acquired cases were this morning announced in New South Wales and Queensland, while lockdowns or tight restrictions have been imposed in four states as the highly contagious Delta strain sweeps the country. Our subscription service is temporarily down for system upgrades. Any Questions? Bus drivers no longer sell paper MetroTickets or accept cash on board buses. If they are safe, more people are safe as the drivers will not become super spreaders. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. You already have a current subscription with us. The one thing that we have to be alive to as a potential occurrence, of course, is a new variant, Malinauskas said. The state needs more than one voice to guide it forward and you can help with a donation of any size to InDaily. South Australia is now one of the few states or territories not in lockdown. "We are now in a situation most jurisdictions around the country don't have mask wearing requirements on public transport," he said. South Australians will no longer need to wear masks on public transport from tomorrow, while QR code scanning will be scrapped at disability, aged care and healthcare facilities from Friday, and unvaccinated visitors will be allowed into aged care homes. 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Masks continue to provide an extra layer of protection from catching and spreading COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. But while some countries such as France are making it mandatory for people to put on masks on public transport and fining people 135 ($226) if they are caught without one on, in Australia the . Your account history shows the dates and times you validated your metroCARD and the routes you travelled on, unless you are using a 14-day or 28-day unlimited travel pass. Masks must be worn indoors in high risk settings, private gatherings will be capped at 150 people and licensed premises will return to a one person per two-square-metre density cap with a ban on drinking alcohol while standing indoors, under a series of restrictions to be reimposed in South Australia from midnight. Follow the action from the third Test between India and Australia in Delhi in our live blog, Follow the live scorebetween Parramatta and Melbourne as the new NRL season begins. Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter. But such is his concern about what he regards as an entrenched complacency for COVID-19 thatherecently felt compelled to citea chilling statement in the hope of giving pause for thought. Butas a user of public transport one of the few remaining settings in SA in whichmasks are mandatory he's observed lowlevels of compliance. Theyve actually done a very good job at honouring the directions that have been put in place and we expect that level of cooperation again, he said. However, compliance in South Australia has been low in recent months, as observed by Adelaide epidemiologist and biostatistician Adrian Esterman. SA Health last week reported 3631 new COVID cases and 58 deaths. Community sports training and games are no longer permitted, regardless of whether the activity is conducted indoors or outdoors. A confirmation code will be sent for validation. Private gatherings are capped at 50 people. Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have already removed mask mandates on public transport. "We are actively promoting mask wearing across the community, and encourage the South Australian community to take personal responsibility to protect themselves and others by wearing a mask when required," SA Health said. Queensland is reintroducing restrictions after recording two new locally acquired cased of coronavirus. With Western Australia circling Adelaides lucrative Collins Class Submarine maintenance contract, SAs western counterparts have been told to Back off, Our omnipotent overlords at Peregrine Corporation have signalled that theyre ready to negotiate on plans for a new head office Modbury resident Taryn Cooke has lashed out at fellow co-workers for mistakenly suggesting that she hails from the northern suburbs TRENT BARTLETT Its the hub of Adelaide nightlife around the north-eastern side of Hindmarsh Square. If youd like to view this content, please adjust your Cookie Settings. As far as we can tell, we now have a situation where most jurisdictions around the country dont have mask wearing requirements on public transport, he said. Wood chopping competition won by R. Taylor at right in a time of 61.5 seconds, held at the Royal Adelaide Show, Wayville, South Australia, 1947. Premier Steven Marshall told reporters this afternoon that Australia had entered a critical point in its fight against a series of outbreaks of the highly contagious delta strain of COVID-19, and South Australia had no alternative but to take pre-emptive action in South Australia to keep our state safe and our economy strong. The state needs more than one voice to guide it forward and you can help with a donation of any size to InDaily. From Friday, there will be no restrictions on visitors to aged care facilities based on their vaccination status. Learn more about face mask rules in education and care settings. It said the ages of people who had died after testing COVID-positive ranged from 60 to over 100 and that some deaths might not have occurred during the reporting week. We spoke to Ray Leaway, Adelaide Metros Passenger Protection President (who works remotely part-time from a secluded island somewhere in the Pacific), who stated It was a big mistake to remove the mandate in the first place. Professor pushes masks on institutions and public transport as SA's latest COVID-19 wave passes, Why this epidemiologist was prompted to quote Stalin on COVID complacency, South Australia reports highest number of COVID-19 deaths in one day, Timely reminder: How to respond if you test positive to COVID-19. Monday to Friday 7:30am 6:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 7:00am 11:30am (AEST), App or digital edition only customer? Adelaide epidemiologist and biostatistician Adrian Esterman isn't usually inclined to quote dictators. "There's a certain percentage of the population that's really anti-masks,"Australian Medical Association vice-president Chris Moy told ABC Radio Adelaide. 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For more information, please visit the links below: You are welcome to continue browsing this site with this browser. Stevens said SA Police officers were allocated last night to set up checkpoints at the WA and NT borders. Have you seen the passengers on Route 202F?! But, as Spurrier says, that doesnt mean the state is out of the woods yet. Kids aged, in circumstances where the ability to see the mouth is. The Emergency Management Council also agreed to remove the requirement to scan QR codes when entering healthcare, disability and aged care facilities from Friday. They have been asked to quarantine at their home with their families for 14 days. From then on, you can then use Sign In with Google to access your subscription and Google will do the billing for the subscription and process your payments. National cabinet encourages wearing masks to combat COVID-19. 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New rules are now in place for South Australians after the bombshell revelation the states lockdown was based on a lie. It encompasses a fenced garden on North Terrace (between the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the National Wine . Wearing a mask on stuffy, warm public transport was torture. Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter. A huge benefit to society. All food and beverages must be consumed while seated both indoors and outdoors. But once your delivery is activated, youll get the next edition, hot off the press. email, Recipient's email is invalid. KN95 masks - 40% OFF. Point to Point Transport Service Transaction Levy: $1, charged once per journey. Came back past about 30 minutes later, these cards hadn't moved. The decision signals the end of QR code scanning in South Australia, but Picton said the government would keep a record of how it enforced the system in the event that it needs to be reintroduced at a later date. 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