Another truck driver has tested positive for COVID-19 in South Australia.
Key points:
- The Victorian truck driver tested positive to COVID-19 at Yamba on Saturday
- SA Health has discovered he also travelled through the state on a previous trip
- The man's co-driver has also now tested positive
The man is the co-driver of a Victorian truck driver who tested positive at the SA-Victoria border on Saturday.
The first truck driver, aged in his 20s, tested positive at the border testing site at Yamba on Saturday and continued driving through South Australia towards Western Australia before being notified of the result.
Both men have been in an Adelaide medi-hotel since Saturday.
Authorities have also revealed they now believe the men previously travelled through South Australia about a week earlier.
SA Health has identified three tier 2 exposure sites:
- The OTR service station on the Eyre Highway at Ceduna, including the Hungry Jacks there, on September 30 and October 4
- The OTR service station on the Augusta Highway at Port Augusta, including the Hungry Jacks, on September 30
- The Renmark McDonalds and OTR service station on the morning of September 30.
In addition, two further locations have been upgraded to tier 2 exposure sites connected to the co-driver testing positive to COVID-19 late yesterday. They are:
- The Yamba Caltex on Friday afternoon
- The Port Augusta OTR, including Hungry Jacks, on Friday night.
SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier told ABC Radio Adelaide it was frustrating the men had not used QR codes to check-in at locations they visited.
"It was very messy and my team have really been working hard trying to piece it all together with little bits of information here and there," she said.
"It's now become evident that they have had a previous trip into South Australia.
"We could then piece together some of the results that we had from our testing here in our state and also we had a positive test in Victoria on the 5th.
"Putting all of that together, it was quite obvious to us that the original truck driver's test was at the end of his infectious period."
Professor Spurrier said authorities were keeping a close eye on wastewater, particularly along the freight routes.
"It's quite stressful for those communities with these series of positive truck drivers coming through," she said.
Health authorities have also listed four service stations in Western Australia as potential exposure sites connected to the truck driver.
From Thursday, all truck drivers entering South Australia from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory or Victoria must have had at least one COVID-19 vaccination.
Couple charged over alleged border breach
Meanwhile, SA Police arrested a man and a woman at Moorook South in the Riverland last night for allegedly crossing the border illegally.
Police allege the couple drove into South Australia from Victoria without the necessary approvals and avoided checkpoints.
The man, 55, and woman, 51, both from Colignan in regional Victoria, have been charged with failing to comply with a direction under the Emergency Management Act.
They have been taken to the City Watch House where they will remain in custody before appearing in the Berri Magistrates Court by video link later today.
Police said both had so far returned negative test results for COVID-19.
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