South Australian premier Steven Marshall has given more details about the path ahead as the state prepares to lift lockdown at midnight on Tuesday.
Speaking to media on Tuesday morning Marshall revealed there had been zero cases of coronavirus recorded overnight, something he was “absolutely delighted” to share.
“We will be releasing people at midnight,” the premier declared.
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On Monday the premier told of how “proud” he was of South Australians as he heralded the fact they were “on track” to see restrictions lifted as planned.
“I am very proud of South Australians and I’m very grateful for the way they have adhered to the restrictions in place,” Marshall said.
“We decided as a state we didn’t want to have an extended lockdown here in South Australia.”
But despite the good news, the premier was clear that life couldn’t immediately return to how it was before the outbreak.
“We do not want to have a relapse. We only want to do this once,” Marshall said on Tuesday.
Masks will be mandatory in “high-risk settings” and are “strongly recommended” in the workplace.
New rule announced
And Marshall announced a new rule on Monday - that there would be a “new part of the school uniform” for secondary school pupils “going forward”.
“That is the face mask,” Marshall announced, adding that face masks were being sent to schools across the state.
“We do want this to be the default position,” Marshall said. “We want the vast majority of people in the school to keep it on at all times.
“The Delta strain is very transmissible ... We are asking people for at least the next week to have those masks on in secondary schools.”
Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier gave more detail on the mask rule for students.
She said students aged 12 and upwards were expected to wear them in the classroom.
“When a teacher is standing giving a lesson, obviously it’s very difficult giving a lesson to students wearing a mask, so teachers won’t need to be wearing those in the classroom,” she added.
When students are outdoors, eating lunch or playing, they are not required to wear a mask, she clarified.
The SA government is also allowing sports training to resume from Wednesday, but no competitions are allowed until the following weekend.
“We know this is disruptive but we don’t want to go backwards,” Marshall said.
The remaining restrictions:
- A density requirement of one person per four square metres
- Food and beverage consumption seated only - outdoor and indoor
- Restrictions on shisha bars, dancing and singing to continue for seven days
- Masks will be required in all “high risk” settings - personal care services, passenger transport services and healthcare services
- Household gatherings and private activities limited to 10 people maximum per household (including members of the household)
- Weddings and funerals can have a maximum of 50 people
- Gyms may reopen with one person per eight square metres
- Masks part of the “new school uniform” for secondary school pupils.
Marshall said he also wanted a “high level of continued use” of masks in the community.