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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-06-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Viral Respiratory Disease Pandemic Response Plan</name>
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          <heading>Viral Respiratory Disease Pandemic response Plan</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2020-06-04">
            <name>Viral Respiratory Disease Pandemic response Plan</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4697">the Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(7 April 2020).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2020-06-04">
            <name>Viral Respiratory Disease Pandemic response Plan</name>
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            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Yes. Staff screening procedures have been established in all SA Health facilities, in line with the SA Health Viral Respiratory Disease Pandemic Response Plan.</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;The plan does not advise this. The intent of the plan is to provide whole of agency strategic guidelines to respond to COVID-19. It does not replace individual hospital work instructions, which would include clinical triage.</inserted>
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