South Australia has recorded one new case of COVID-19 in a truck driver who has travelled to and from Melbourne for work.
Key points:
- A South Australian truck driver has tested positive to COVID-19
- The man travelled back and forth to Victoria for work and is currently in Melbourne
- Petrol stations in Wingfield, Windsor Gardens, Bolivar Gardens and Keith were identified as exposure sites
SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the man, who is in his 20s, tested negative on September 26 before recording his positive test yesterday in Tailem Bend.
“And so that’s very reassuring to us … that we’ve picked this up as an early positive,” she said.
The man’s household contacts including his wife, his child and his wife’s parents, have tested negative so far but they will all go into quarantine.
The man has received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and was due to have his second dose this week, while his wife and her parents have been fully vaccinated.
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)His wife works in aged care but Professor Spurrier said all of the staff at the aged care centre were vaccinated and 94 per cent of residents were vaccinated.
Professor Spurrier also said his child attends childcare but “there was no need for concern” as the child had tested negative and was now in quarantine.
The man is currently in Victoria and does not have any symptoms.
Local exposure sites were all truck stops and petrol stations, including the BP roadhouse in Keith, Liberty at Windsor Gardens, BP Truckstop at Wingfield, Caltex Bolivar Gardens all on Tuesday, September 28, and the AMPOL Foodary Caltex at Wingfield on Wednesday September 29.
“We don’t have any further public exposure sites with this case and I’m very hopeful we won’t have any community transmission as a result of this,” she said.
“But it really does give a very good example of why we need to have full vaccination.”
Professor Spurrier also highlighted that South Australia has hit a vaccination milestone, with 50 per cent of its adult population now fully vaccinated.
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