{"id":47360,"date":"2020-11-24T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=47360"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:41:11","slug":"professor-urges-more-testing-as-numbers-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/professor-urges-more-testing-as-numbers-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Urges More Testing As Numbers Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor Nicola Spurrier said on Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is a little bit of a drop obviously to those huge test results that we saw last week. Today I have two messages and this is one: you must get tested if you have symptoms, even if they are really mild, even if you\u2019re not sure if it\u2019s COVID or not, even if you\u2019re not sure whether you\u2019ve got a cold or not. If you get up feeling a little bit poorly, got a bit of a sniffle, you\u2019re not sure, maybe it\u2019s hayfever &#8211; I don\u2019t want you to think anymore I just want you to get yourself to a COVID testing site\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cThe second thing I\u2019m asking everyone to do is get yourself a mask\u2026 I would really urge people when they are out in public to have that mask with them\u2026 If you haven\u2019t got yourself a mask please do so.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Spurrier said the state had recorded one new case, not part of the Parafield cluster. The man in his 20s is a close contact of an overseas arrival and is in a medi-hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are now 27 cases linked to cluster and 39 active cases in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Steven Marshall said SA was on track to on 1 December revert back to the restrictions that were in place prior to the Parafield cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F7NEWSAdelaide%2Fvideos%2F1712489692233999%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Nicola Spurrier said on Tuesday: \u201cThis is a little bit of a drop obviously to those huge test results that we saw last week. 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