South Australia police enforced a six-day lockdown after they thought that a man who had gone to buy a pizza had tested COVID-19 positive.?
The sudden announcement came just two days after the state government ordered people to stay at home and shut many businesses to combat what was considered a highly contagious outbreak of coronavirus.??
While addressing the media in Adelaide today, South Australia state Premier Steven Marshall said that a man at a pizza bar tied to the COVID-19 outbreak had earlier told contact tracers that he had only purchased a pizza at the food outlet.?
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However, it has now come to the fore that the man actually worked several shifts at Woodville outlet alongside another worker who also found to be infected with COVID-19.??
"Their (the man's) story didn't add up. We pursued them. We now know that they lied," Steven Marshall told the media.?"Had this person been truthful to the contact tracing teams, we would not have gone into a six-day lockdown."
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The South Australia state Premier further said: ¡°To say I am fuming about the actions of this individual is an absolute understatement. This selfish action of this individual has put our whole state in a very difficult situation."
While the outbreak was still worrying, Marshall said restrictions would be lifted early with a stay-at-home order ending at midnight on Saturday when most businesses would also be allowed to open.
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When asked what punishment the individual might face, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said there was "no penalty" for lying to tracers under the current law, though that would likely be reviewed.