Updates have been made to the Supervised Quarantine Direction in South Australia. The changes only affect those people who are working at a medi-hotel site or designated Red Zone at an airport.
Supervised Quarantine No 6
The Emergency Management (Emergency Management (Supervised Quarantine No 5) (COVID-19) Direction 2021 has been revoked and replaced by the Emergency Management (Supervised Quarantine No 6) (COVID-19) Direction 2021. This Direction came into effect at 2.05 pm Wednesday 17 March 2021.
The changes are:
- A person who works at a medi-hotel site or designated Red Zone at an airport is required to submit to daily saliva testing except on the days when they undertake a nasal swab COVID-19 test.
- A person who works at a medi-hotel or designated Red Zone at an airport is required to submit to a nasal swab COVID-19 test at least once every 8 days.
- When a person finishes their period of work at either the medi-hotel or designated red zone at an airport and their break is for more than 4 calendar days they must receive additional tests on:
- The last day they are working at the site (day 1 test);
- Three days after last working at the site (day 4 test);
- Six days after the day 4 test (day 10 test); and
- If the person is resuming work a medi-hotel or designated Red Zone fifteen days after last being at one of these sites they must receive a COVID-19 nasal swab test fifteen days after last working at the site (day 14 test).
If a person returns to work at a medi-hotel or designated red zone anytime during this testing schedule they are required to return to daily saliva tests and 8 day nasal swab tests.
* An example of this is- A person finishes work at a medi-hotel or airport site on 13 March 2021 and are not returning until 29 March 2021. Given that this is more than 4 calendar days they will then need to get a COVID-19 nasal swab test on 13 March (day 1 test), 16 March (day 4 test), 22 March(day 10 test) and 26 March (day 14 test).
Other existing requirements remain. The information above only highlights the key changes made to the Directions and does not reflect all requirements. Members of the public are encouraged to see the full Directions for further information.
All existing directions, frequently asked questions and other information can be found here: https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/emergency-declarations
If you require further information you can call the SA COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787 between the hours of 9am to 5pm 7 days per week or go to the SA Health website at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au or www.sa.gov.au/covid-19
