Whyalla lockout

This is a public and free service for all South Australians. This service has been activated by the Government of South Australia. Specially trained Red Cross staff and volunteers will make the calls, supporting the wellbeing of clients, including asking how they are coping and if they need support to access medical or food supplies, as well as reiterating up-to-date government health advice.

If the call goes unanswered or if someone is in distress, further steps will be taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the client. The service is available to people in the community whose wellbeing is impacted as result of COVID social distancing and self-isolation measures. This may include older people, people living with a disability, those experiencing mental illness, people recovering from an illness or accident or people with an ongoing health condition who are voluntarily self-isolating for their wellbeing.

Operates from am to pm every day. It comes as the NT government imposes new health restrictions for 54 remote Aboriginal communities where less than 70 per cent of the population has had one vaccine dose.

Anyone entering those communities from outside the NT or Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine from Monday must wear a mask in public areas for seven days. They'll also need to return a negative COVID test 72 hours before entry from November 19, with testing of symptomatic residents also stepped up.

The new rules were mandated after Doherty Institute modelling released on Monday set a higher benchmark for remote communities, with the previous 80 per cent double dose target extended to include people aged five to Whyalla News' trusted source for property. Home News National. The woman's infection has since been found to be a Victorian Delta strain of the virus. Only unvaccinated people who haven't had two jabs are locked down.

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