Two Melbourne – Adelaide Qantas flights added as exhibition venues as Medi-Hotel quarantine under review
Two Qantas flights from Melbourne to Adelaide were added as exhibition sites this morning, pushing vaccinated passengers from affected rows into a seven-day quarantine.
Travelers seated in rows 11-15 of Sunday’s QF691 and Monday’s QF677 were listed as close contacts.
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It comes as South Australia recorded four new cases on Tuesday, including two linked to the Norwood cluster and two more acquired between states.
In the meantime, SA Health is currently revising quarantine procedures for international arrivals, to allow travelers to quarantine themselves at home.
A sudden turnaround on November 28, born of “over-caution” amid the new threat of the Omicron variant, saw international arrivals immediately directed to a medi-hotel from the airport.
“International arrivals were taken to a medi-hotel for a short time to allow assessment of the adequacy of the home quarantine arrangement and to ensure testing compliance.” said a statement from SA Health.
“The processes at the airport are being revised to help approved travelers in home quarantine to safely return home directly as well as to provide flight deplaning tests and these should be in place. ‘by the end of this week. “
The examination comes after a fully vaccinated Adelaide man who tested positive for Covid was unceremoniously brought into a medi-hotel in South Africa under police custody.
Currently, 82.4% of eligible people over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated, while 90.4% have received their first dose.
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