A South Australian family are in isolation after using a removalist who was infectious with Covid-19 at the time.
The NSW removalist, aged in his 30s, visited households in Victoria and in South Australia earlier this month before returning a positive result on Sunday night.
Premier Steven Marshall said the family of four came into contact with the removalist for a five-hour period but had so far returned negative Covid-19 tests on days one and four.
He said the family had come into the state when the restrictions allowed people to enter, provided they underwent frequent testing and isolated.
Mr Marshall said two other removalists, who were not wearing masks, worked alongside the infected man, but he had no further information about the pair.
After interviews with SA, NSW and Victorian authorities, the premier said there were still no known exposure sites of concern in the state.
“We don’t have any known places in SA where these three removalists have visited,” he said.
“They came in via Victoria, did the unloading, got back onto the road and went back on their journey to NSW.
“We are looking at other sources of information to piece together the entire time that they were in SA.”
Deputy chief public health officer Emily Kirkpatrick said authorities would now be keeping a “very close eye” on the family, as they are classified as close contacts.
The state will also tighten its border restrictions for SA residents returning from Greater Sydney, who will no longer be able to easily apply online for exemptions to come home as of midnight tonight.
The Premier said “high-level scrutiny” will be placed on those travellers.
Exemptions will still be available for people escaping domestic violence, but they must complete 14 days of isolation in hotel quarantine.
Testing requirements for truck and freight drivers coming into SA for work will also be “significantly increased”.
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed on Monday that the man, who tested positive for the virus late on Sunday evening, was in the two states while infectious.
Mr Foley said he expected there to be “multiple exposure sites” as authorities investigate.
“We will be looking to fill the gaps as soon as possible, but we expect there would be exposure sites and expect there would be people required to quarantine,” Mr Foley said.
“Our very proximity to NSW and their current predicament makes this risk of incursion very real.”
The removalist visited households in Victoria and SA, staying overnight in Victoria on July 8 before driving into South Australia on July 9 and returning to NSW and taking a test on July 10.
He received a positive result on July 11.
The news comes as Victoria recorded its 12th consecutive day without a locally acquired Covid-19 case and as NSW battles to restrain its aggressive outbreak of the highly infectious Delta strain.
Victoria declared all of NSW a red zone and closed the border between the states at midnight, as cases in the state continued to skyrocket.
Victorian residents are able to return to the state but must get tested and quarantine for 14 days if entering from a red zone.
Border communities have been plunged into a “border bubble” arrangement for the third time in 13 months.
Mr Foley said the decision was made due to the incredibly worrying situation in NSW, which recorded 112 cases overnight.
He said it could potentially be the “third incursion” in the state as a result of the NSW outbreak, which included the Sandringham and Virgin airline cases.
“We know that this Delta virus moves incredibly fast and is highly infectious, so once we get that information from NSW we will be sharing that with the community,” he said.
“These are precisely the reasons that our public health team have set tougher border restrictions.
“Given the deteriorating position in NSW, Victoria needed to take the steps to seriously limit the movement of people and limit the risk of incursions into Victoria.”
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