Lengthy queues are forming at local supermarkets after a six day lockdown was announced at 12.30pm today. The carparks at Goolwa Woolworths and Coles Victor Harbor are overflowing as locals try to stock up, despite being told supermarkets will remain open as usual.

School closures, travel-bans and stay-at-home directions come into effect statewide at midnight tonight. People will also be required to wear masks at all times, outside of their house. The new Directions will initially be in place for six days.

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said people will be restricted from going out of their homes for a six-day period.

“The message is stay at home unless you are accessing essential services or you are an essential worker,” he said.

“Exercise will not be permitted outside of the home … you will be able to leave – one person per household, once a day – to access groceries.”

Aged and disability resident care facilities will be locked down and holiday homes cannot be rented or leased during this time.

Supermarkets, bottle shops, petrol stations and health services will remain open. Post offices and banks will still operate. Childcare will only be available for the families of essential workers. Veterinary services will remain open.

Agricultural workers will be able to tend to animals and continue to provide agricultural services.

End of life visits will also be permitted

LIST OF CHANGES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT:

·     All schools closed (essential workers will still be able to send their children and vulnerable children can still attend)

·     Universities closed

·     Takeaway shops, pubs, cafes, coffee shops and food courts closed.

·     Elective surgery to be suspended except for cancer treatment and urgent operations

·     Non-essential shops closed

·     Open inspections not allowed

·     Outdoor Sport or physical activity

·     FIFO workers to be on ‘standstill’ (remain where they are)

·     No regional travel is not approved.

·     You must stay where you are as at midnight tonight.

·     Aged care and disability care will be locked down

·     Factories other than food and medical products will be closed (except where shut down would cause damage to machinery.

·     Construction industry closed for six days

·     Holiday homes cannot be leased or rented for the next six days.

·     Weddings and funerals banned for six days

Premier Steven Marshall justified the extent of the lockdown by saying, “we cannot wait to see how bad this will become.”

Commissioner Stevens stressed that the list was still being finalised and further updates would come later today.

Two cases of Corona-19 have been detected in South Australia today, both connected to the Parafield cluster.