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Former South African Prime Minister Jay Weatherill tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an event over the weekend where other cases were present.
Key points:
- Former Prime Minister Jay Weatherill attended a school reunion in Norwood on Saturday
- He was in Adelaide to promote his work for Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation
- Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas is among those who have met Mr Weatherill since he attended the reception on Saturday
Mr Weatherill was at a school reunion Saturday in Norwood, on the eastern outskirts of Adelaide, with other interstate travelers.
Mr Weatherill now resides in Perth but has visited Adelaide in recent days after South Australia’s borders opened.
He attended a number of high-level meetings during his stay in South Africa, including with opposition leader Peter Malinauskas on Monday.
Mr Malinauskas said he would get tested and isolate for the time being.
âAfter learning this evening that Jay Weatherill had tested positive, I immediately left Parliament at 8:20 pm and went to Victoria Park to get tested,â he tweeted.
“I will be isolating while I await test results and further advice from SA Health.”
Mr. Weatherill, who works for Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation, was in Adelaide to begin an interstate tour as CEO of the foundation’s Thrive by Five campaign, promoting early childhood development.
He held a press conference on Monday morning and was due to speak at other events in Victoria in the coming days.
Earlier, SA Health confirmed that two South Australian men in their 50s caught the virus after attending a school reunion at the Bugs Children’s Theater in Norwood on Saturday night.
Mr. Weatherill attended the event and his case would be added to the other two.
These are the first cases of local transmission in South Australia since the state borders reopened eight days ago.
Mr Weatherill has been on Adelaide Radio since arriving and was seen on Monday having dinner with former MP John Rau and Mr Malinauskas at the Parlamento restaurant opposite the parliament.
Mr Malinauskas said he had already decided to get tested before Mr Weatherill’s diagnosis was confirmed and revised his official schedule.
“After hearing this news, out of caution, I canceled my scheduled appearance for high school graduation tonight.”
While no other cases have been linked to it yet, the meeting at Theater Bugs is now shaping up as a potential spreading event.
Anyone who attended between 2 p.m. on Saturday and 2 a.m. on Sunday was ordered to get tested immediately and quarantine.
The site is now considered by SA Health as a âclose contact exposure locationâ.
Participants not vaccinated during the exposure period will be required to self-quarantine for “14 days since you were there”, while vaccinated contacts will be allowed out after seven days, but will then need to avoid high-risk environments, wear surgical masks and avoid vulnerable people.
The cases appear to have sparked yet another wave of COVID-19 testing at testing stations in Adelaide, with cars lining up outside the Victoria Park facility on Wednesday evening.
So far, five locations have been officially linked to the two men’s movements, and SA Health earlier updated its list of exhibition sites, which now included the Unley offices of Business SA, a wine bar and seafood restaurant in Glenelg, as well as a CBD cafe in Adelaide.
âWhile the cases are currently under investigation, we believe the virus was transmitted by an interstate traveler during the event,â SA Health said.
Place |
Exposure time |
Type of exposure |
---|---|---|
Theater Bugs (clients), 79 Beulah Road, Norwood |
Saturday November 27, 2 p.m. – 2 a.m. Sunday November 28 |
Close contact exhibition place |
Business SA (participants in the introductory evening at level 1) 136 Greenhill Road, Unley |
Tuesday November 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Close contact exhibition place |
Seafood and grilled dishes from Cardone, |
Friday November 26 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
Place of exposure by occasional contact |
Hi espresso darling, |
Friday November 26 from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
Low-risk occasional contact location |
Fourth (wine bar), 34 Jetty Road, Glenelg |
Friday November 26 from 6.30 p.m. to 7 a.m. |
Low-risk occasional contact location |
Theater Bugs (clients), 79 Beulah Road, Norwood |
Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 November from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Low-risk occasional contact location |
South Australia also recorded a third case on Wednesday – a child who contracted his infection abroad and has been in quarantine since arriving.
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