Stop Press: Density and Dancing Restrictions Lifted

4PM, 10 MARCH 2022

After two years, all density restrictions will be scrapped from hotels in South Australia from 12:01am on Saturday, March 12.

Speaking today (10/3/2022), Police Commissioner Grant Stevens also announced there will be no restriction on singing or dancing.

However, mask mandates are unchanged for the moment, with the matter to be discussed by the SA COVID-19 Transition Committee next week.

The AHA|SA has welcomed the move but will continue to lobby the current government – and the postelection government – to remove ALL restrictions immediately.

“…at the CRC meeting next week we will be considering in more detail the requirements regarding close contact quarantine requirements and the requirement to wear masks in indoor public places,” the Commissioner said.

He announced that isolation requirements for some groups of Covid positive people would be reduced from 10 days to seven days. The AHA|SA will update members as more information becomes available.

Commissioner Stevens also said “it is good to be able to stand here and provide this much sought after relief to a wide range of activities right across SA including hospitality and we certainly understand the pressures that a whole range of sectors have been under because of the restrictions in South Australia”.

AHA|SA President David Basheer said:

The hotel industry welcomes this news, but while state emergency provisions remain in place, we lack the confidence that a new variant of COVID-19 can quickly close us down once again.

Mask restrictions remain unchanged, but will be reviewed next week.