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  <date date="2021-06-10" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine</name>
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          <heading>COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="question">
        <name>Mr PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-05-05" qonNum="473">
            <name>COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine</name>
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          <inserted>473 <by role="member" id="4841">Mr PICTON (Kaurna)</by> (5 May 2021).  Have there been any non-ambulance transfers of COVID-positive people (either to a hotel, to Tom's Court, to a hospital or any other place). If so, what were the dates, methods of transport and reason for non-ambulance transfer in each instance?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <question date="2021-05-05" qonNum="473">
            <name>COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised that:</inserted>
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          <inserted>As at 5 May 2021 there has been a total of seven non-ambulance transfers of COVID-19 positive people to Tom's Court. These occurred on the following dates: two transfers on 15 November 2020; four transfers on 16 November 2020; and one on 18 November 2020.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Non-ambulance transfers are undertaken using a suitable alternative vehicle dedicated to COVID-19 operations which adheres to strict SA Health infection control protocols including practical personal protective equipment training and deep cleaning of the vehicle after each transfer. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Non-ambulance transfers assist in the timeliness of multiple transfers and of large family groups who are all non-symptomatic and require no clinical care en route.</inserted>
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          <inserted>COVID-19 positive persons requiring clinical care are transported by SA Ambulance Service.</inserted>
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