Port Adelaide players and some of the club's fans have been forced into isolation as a result of the Melbourne coronavirus outbreak, with supporters expressing concern about potential exposure.
One of the 15 COVID-19 cases in the Melbourne cluster attended the AFL match between Port Adelaide and Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday and was seated in zone four, level one of the Great Southern Stand of the ground.
Power fans who attended the match in the affected area have received a text message from Victoria's Health Department telling them to get tested "immediately" and to "quarantine until you get a negative result".
The same advice has been provided to Power players and staff.
"The club is also encouraging any members and supporters who attended the match to get tested out of an abundance of caution.
"Wednesday had already been a scheduled day off for players and football department staff, who will await negative results before returning to training."
Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said it was unclear how many South Australian fans were at the MCG on Sunday.
"We assume that quite a few South Australians would have been at that match," Professor Spurrier told ABC Radio Adelaide.
"What we will be expecting this morning is to have information from Victoria — because it's all through ticketing, we should have names of people who attended and, of course, Victoria will be doing all of that contact tracing.
"If somebody has been contacted by Victoria and told you're a close contact, quarantine now and get tested. What we would appreciate is if you let your close contacts know to just bunker down until we can get hold of them and also quarantine."
Port Adelaide Cheer Squad member Celine Palmer said she was yet to receive a text but that she was at the match and sitting in the affected area.
"We're doing the right thing and isolating today. We're going to go and get tested at Vic Park [testing station] pretty soon," she said.
"It's a bit scary but that's why [there's] all this fuss about using QR codes."
Another fan, David, said he touched down in Adelaide last night after a nervous wait in Melbourne.
"I was scared because I didn't want to be stuck in Victoria for two weeks … it's crazy," he said.
"It was a bit of a shock to get a text from Victorian Health to say this is what’s happened at the 'G and you need to get tested."
SA steps up travel restrictions
South Australia has again intensified its travel restrictions with Victoria amid the growing cluster, banning arrivals from the City of Whittlesea and imposing quarantine requirements on arrivals from Greater Melbourne.
South Australian police had already imposed travel restrictions in response to the growing outbreak, banning people who had been in designated exposure sites and requiring travellers from the City of Whittlesea to undergo coronavirus tests.
Those restrictions were expanded late yesterday, with SA Police issuing an updated cross-border travel direction as the list of Melbourne exposure sites significantly increased.
According to the direction, people who have been in the City of Whittlesea council area in the past 14 days are no longer permitted to enter South Australia.
Essential travellers and others are exempt from that ban, including people escaping domestic violence, and will still be permitted to enter SA but must quarantine for 14 days.
"They must self-quarantine for 14 days at a suitable place.
"They must wear a face mask (covering their mouth and nose) at any time they come in contact with the public."
Anyone who has been in the Greater Melbourne area and who has not been in any of the restricted zones will be allowed into SA, but will be expected to follow testing and self-isolation requirements.
Individuals affected will have to quarantine until their first negative test, "not enter a high-risk setting for 14 days after their arrival", and not attend events with an approved COVID Management Plan or where there are more than 1,000 people.
SA Police said incoming travellers who had not been to restricted zones were still permitted to travel through Greater Melbourne and Melbourne Airport en route to SA.
"They must not leave the airport before boarding their flight and must wear a mask for the entirety of the time they are in the airport and on the flight, or when they come in contact with a member of the public," police said.
"If the person is not travelling via air, they must travel the most direct and practicable route."
Melbourne's worsening situation has triggered a rush on COVID-19 testing clinics in South Australia.
Drivers queuing to get into the Victoria Park testing station have been told to expect wait times of up to three hours.
Report set for release
Victorian contact tracers are urgently trying to determine how the cluster emerged in Melbourne's north.
The outbreak is believed to be linked to the Wollert man who became ill in early May after contracting COVID-19.
It is suspected that he caught the virus while in the Playford medi-hotel in Adelaide's CBD.
SA Health launched an investigation a fortnight ago but yesterday resisted calls to immediately release a report into the matter.
"It's basically looking at a whole lot of things that might line up — where the [man's] room is, when the door opens," Professor Spurrier said this morning.
"We're finalising the report and I'm hoping that … we'll be able to release that today."
