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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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COVID-19 Restrictions, Aged-Care Facilities

Ms PRATT (Frome) (14:28): Supplementary: minister, you made the comment that those private providers may report to SA Health if they do put restrictions in place. Is SA Health therefore likely to communicate that more broadly as a public health message?

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:28): I will certainly check with Professor Spurrier if that's her advice, and we would listen to the advice of Professor Spurrier in that regard, but my understanding is that the key thing would be the communication between the aged-care facility and their residents and their families in relation to that, to make sure that they're aware of the situation and to make sure that they're aware of the precautions that may be in place.

The key public health message—as I outlined for everybody in the community, in terms of their interaction with aged care—is to make sure that they are taking steps to make sure that they protect vulnerable people, and that obviously includes: if you are sick, please don't go to a residential aged-care facility and please don't interact with vulnerable people, particularly at this time, who may be more susceptible than you to getting sick from COVID or other viruses as well, obviously. It is also to encourage people who live in residential aged care or who are otherwise over 75, in particular, but even more broadly over 65 or with other comorbidities, to make sure that they are up to date with vaccinations at this time. These are the key public health messages that Professor Spurrier has made very clear that we need to outline. That is why we held a press conference earlier this week, to do so, and we will continue to repeat those messages to make sure they are widely available for the community.

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