Long Lines at Adelaide Airport After Quarantine Confusion

Confusion surrounding new quarantine rules in South Australia left many travellers waiting hours at Adelaide Airport on Sunday December 20. According to local news reports, New South Wales arrivals were told they had to return to Sydney or enter 14 days’ quarantine, despite landing hours before South Australia’s midnight border closure. On Monday December 21, the state’s police commissioner reportedly apologised for the errors, saying authorities were still “trying to find out where the breakdown in communication came about.” The midnight border closure in South Australia is one of many new restrictions introduced by states across Australia to prevent the interstate spread of a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s Northern Beaches region, first reported on December 16, and an increase of cases in Greater Sydney. Credit: aurora.armor.keith via Storyful