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For those who are telling us to 'live with COVID' that may not be as easy as some of us think ...
In South Australia if you are vaccinated and have been to a close contact exposure site within the prescribed hours you are supposed to get a PCR Test immediately and quarantine for 7 days. You cannot leave isolation until you have a negative test after day 6 of quarantine.
This is OK if you can work from home or if you have a boss that will grant you a week's leave but if you are self employed or cannot work from home or employed as a casual and don't get annual leave life gets really complicated. At present there is Government support for workers who are directed to quarantine by SA Health. What is not clear is if this covers casual exposure site attendees who are self isolating for 7 days in accordance with SA Health requirements.
Then there is quarantine itself. If you cannot quarantine alone and have contact with your family they also need to quarantine. This means your spouse or partner staying home from work and your kids taking on distance learning.
You also cannot attend an event with a COVID management plan for 14 days after the initial exposure date date. So no footy for 14 days.
If you are unvaccinated or are notified by SA Health that you are a designated close contact the quarantine period is for 14 days. Health Check SA has 'support' in place for people in this situation. This includes geological and live face recognition to ensure that you remain at your designated place of quarantine. This is the home quarantine system that was trialled in SA.
If you have been to a casual contact exposure site you still have to get tested immediately but wait in isolation until you are notified of your test result. The last test i did took 24 hours but as the infection spreads and the system becomes overloaded that time will probably grow.
As the infection spreads this may not be a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Financial support for individuals
www.covid-19.sa.gov.au
Bloody messFor those who are telling us to 'live with COVID' that may not be as easy as some of us think ...
In South Australia if you are vaccinated and have been to a close contact exposure site within the prescribed hours you are supposed to get a PCR Test immediately and quarantine for 7 days. You cannot leave isolation until you have a negative test after day 6 of quarantine.
This is OK if you can work from home or if you have a boss that will grant you a week's leave but if you are self employed or cannot work from home or employed as a casual and don't get annual leave life gets really complicated. At present there is Government support for workers who are directed to quarantine by SA Health. What is not clear is if this covers casual exposure site attendees who are self isolating for 7 days in accordance with SA Health requirements.
Then there is quarantine itself. If you cannot quarantine alone and have contact with your family they also need to quarantine. This means your spouse or partner staying home from work and your kids taking on distance learning.
You also cannot attend an event with a COVID management plan for 14 days after the initial exposure date date. So no footy for 14 days.
If you are unvaccinated or are notified by SA Health that you are a designated close contact the quarantine period is for 14 days. Health Check SA has 'support' in place for people in this situation. This includes geological and live face recognition to ensure that you remain at your designated place of quarantine. This is the home quarantine system that was trialled in SA.
If you have been to a casual contact exposure site you still have to get tested immediately but wait in isolation until you are notified of your test result. The last test i did took 24 hours but as the infection spreads and the system becomes overloaded that time will probably grow.
As the infection spreads this may not be a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Financial support for individuals
I guess we’ll see.
You're not really "letting it rip" when you're protected with vaccination coverage plus a adequate test trace and isolate system. That's the thing. The systems are in place. It's time to move on. I can't speak for the healthcare system there but surely there's been enough time to bolster it whilst half the country has been locked down for 18 months.
Perrottet
