{"id":24759,"date":"2022-02-26T09:16:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=24759"},"modified":"2022-02-26T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:47:13","slug":"covid-19-update-26-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2022\/02\/26\/covid-19-update-26-february-2022","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 update \u2013 26 February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Direction for Activities has been updated overnight and came in to effect at 12:01 am this morning. The following table is taken directly from page 7 of the Emergency Management (Activities\u2014Associated Direction No 20) (COVID-19) Direction 2022 and summarises the restrictions imposed by this direction:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\">Level 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"631\">\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 density &#8211; 3 people per 4 square metres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\">Additional restrictions<\/td>\n<td width=\"631\">\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 density (for indoor standing hospitality activities) &#8211; 1 person per 2 square metres<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 density (for indoor combined standing and seated hospitality activities) &#8211; 1 person per 2 square metres<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 density (for indoor standing defined public activities, not hospitality activities) &#8211; 1 person per 2 square metres<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 density (for indoor seated hospitality activities) &#8211; 3 people per 4 square metres<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 density (for indoor, seated defined public activities, not hospitality activities) &#8211; 3 people per 4 square metres<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 density (for outdoor hospitality activities) &#8211; 3 people per 4 square metres<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 density (indoor fitness facilities) &#8211; 1 person per 4 square metres<\/li>\n<li>CMP: events of more than 1 000 people<\/li>\n<li>Shisha ban<\/li>\n<li>Gathering at home cap: 50 (gatherings at residential premises, including residents of residential premises)<\/li>\n<li>Masks for high risk settings<\/li>\n<li>Masks for personal care services (except for the person receiving the service, if necessary for the provision of the personal care service)<\/li>\n<li>Masks for health care services (except for the person receiving the service, if necessary for the provision of the health care service)<\/li>\n<li>Masks for passenger transport services<\/li>\n<li>Masks for indoor fitness facilities (except while exercising)<\/li>\n<li>Masks for shared indoor public places (except bridal parties during ceremonies, private functions of less than 150 people and private activities of 50-150 people)<\/li>\n<li>Restrictions on dancing and singing (except private functions of less than 150 people and private activities of 50-150 people)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This is a summary of restrictions only, for full details please click <a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.covid-19.sa.gov.au%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBHassam%40Tennis.com.au%7C357520035b4542e8156108d9f71911b3%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C637812509309040933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=7Nli4Cww%2BBXel4azn0fPO25eg0T9kDF%2BChbHgmEZ97k%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classroom Contacts <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The advice from the Chief Public Health Officer is that it is <strong>good practice<\/strong> for Classroom Contacts to do the following for 14 days to minimise risk to others, when outside of the school, preschool or early childhood education and care setting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>avoiding high risk settings or COVID Management Plan events<\/li>\n<li>wearing a surgical mask around others (where age appropriate) and outside your home<\/li>\n<li>avoid working across worksites unless an approved risk management plan is in place (eg rapid antigen testing)<\/li>\n<li>avoiding contact with vulnerable people outside of your workplace or family, where possible<\/li>\n<li>avoiding non-essential activities where possible (eg where there are lots people, inside, in close contact)<\/li>\n<li>avoiding shared spaces and maintain physical distance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a player and\/or parent\/caregiver has been advised that they are a Classroom Contact, is the responsibility of the player and\/or parent\/caregiver to make an assessment of the classroom\/exposure situation they have been in and decide whether or not they should attend the activity. A player and\/or parent\/caregiver should not attend an activity if they are displaying any symptoms or are feeling unwell.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that this will affect everyone in different ways, some more than others, however it is important that we continue to act in the best interests of those around us.<\/p>\n<p>Further information in regards to Classroom Contacts is available via the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-school and Early Childhood settings &#8211; Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.sa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/preschool-early-childhood-settings-testing-isolating-and-qurantining-a3-placemat.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>School and OSHC settings &#8211; Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.sa.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/school-settings-testing-isolating-and-qurantining-a3-placemat.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Close Contacts must follow the SA Health directives, including isolation requirements.<\/p>\n<p>For any further information, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covid-19.sa.gov.au\/\">here<\/a> or call the SA COVID Information Line on <a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.covid-19.sa.gov.au%2Fhealth-community%2Fcall-centres-and-information-lines&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBHassam%40Tennis.com.au%7C357520035b4542e8156108d9f71911b3%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C637812509309040933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=l%2Fj7L8lpC3KcMwbyM9kP%2FCoktgL3E0kLYvi3C31o6uM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">1800 253 787<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue preparation\/Community Tennis Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this stage, community sport and activities are able to proceed with very few restrictions, but as we near the two year mark since COVID entered our lives, a reminder that we must not become complacent.<\/p>\n<p>Please revisit the requirements of your COVID-Safe plans and ensure that the appropriate COVID-SAfe Check-In processes are in place at your club or venue.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of tennis specific COVID resources, including our Community Tennis Guidelines, are available via the Tennis SA website, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis.com.au%2Fsa%2Fplayers%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBHassam%40Tennis.com.au%7C357520035b4542e8156108d9f71911b3%7C61aa9c8da7734a7c84701dd8062e404a%7C0%7C0%7C637812509309040933%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=rDMP%2Fcadyx%2BfrJOimJWU1WskaQOcCZVzaX5bLfC1sZE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Direction for Activities has been updated overnight and came in to effect at 12:01 am this morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":18471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}