Coronavirus has resurfaced in South Australia for the first time in almost a fortnight after a returned international traveller tested positive to the disease.

Coronavirus has resurfaced in South Australia for the first time in almost a fortnight after a returned international traveller tested positive to the disease.
Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier revealed on Tuesday afternoon the female patient aged in her 50s was isolating at an Adelaide hotel after testing positive for COVID-19.
She had recently returned from overseas for family reasons and is not a South Australian resident, but was granted entry into the state – from Victoria, where she was initially isolating – after gaining exemption on compassionate grounds.
“I can’t go into the details because of privacy, but there were compelling family reasons to consider this exemption,” Prof Spurrier said.
“I can reassure people they have not been moving freely around the South Australian community at all.”
Also citing privacy, Prof Spurrier would not specify which country the woman had arrived from.
SA Health revealed more than 91,000 tests have been undertaken so far, which has been the basis for authorities to ease restrictions.
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Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier announces the new COVID-19 case in SA on Tuesday afternoon. Picture: David Mariuz
The state has had no known active cases of COVID-19 since May 15 and no new daily patients since May 7.
The last person to test positive in SA was a 70-year-old man who had emigrated from the United Kingdom to rejoin his wife, who was already living locally, and was found to be carrying coronavirus on May 8 after experiencing loss of taste, smell and hearing.
The new case, the first in 19 days, emerged as the State Government unveiled a new health learning precinct at TAFE SA’s city campus.
Officials said nursing was one of several priority courses to restart practical training on campus, before a majority of classes return next week.
The government spent $1.8 million upgrading classrooms of the Currie Street campus to form two clinical skills labs with 16 nursing beds.
After moving from Port Adelaide, the new hub also has an area for aged care training and a simulated health clinic for pathology collection.
The nursing clinical area includes mannequins and has been built to replicate a hospital and industry environment, the government said.
It also includes new hair and beauty training areas and complementary health training spaces.
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