Coronavirus

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (15:10): Supplementary arising from the answer: is it correct that SA Health's dashboard shows that over the past two days 578 scheduled elective surgery operations were cancelled in the SA public health system?

The PRESIDENT: It's interesting how you arrive at that as a supplementary question, but, minister.

The Hon. E.S. Bourke interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Okay. The Minister for Health.

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:11): It is hardly surprising.