Omicron cases climb amid Sydney cluster; Qld to quarantine Adelaide travellers – as it happened

South Australia announces rule changes for interstate arrivals as ACT records first case of variant. This blog is now closed

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Just noting we are still waiting on the SA press conference to begin.

There's a press conference with the South Australian premier, Steven Marshall, and CHO Nicola Spurrier at 9.45am SA time (so roughly half an hour from now).