South Australia records one new case of coronavirus on the first day of the country's harshest-ever lockdown as tens of thousands wait up to 12 hours in huge queues for tests
South Australians have woken up to their first full day of a week-long lockdown after the entire state was plunged into Australia's most severe restrictions ever. The state recorded a new case of coronavirus on Wednesday morning, taking the cluster to six as the growing list of exposure sites surged to 52. Health officials said the woman aged in her 20s tested positive late on Tuesday night and is a close contact of an infectious case who dined at the Greek on Halifax restaurant in Adelaide on the weekend. The woman contracted the virus while working at the restaurant on Saturday night and came forward to testing after she heard on the news that health officials were concerned about the restaurant. The infected case is also a boarding staff member at Westminster School at Marion, which is now listed as a high risk exposure site with most s chool staff ordered to self-isolate for 14 days. Students aren't affected as they had not returned from school holidays when the