World news – AU – Workout limit could be canceled early as SA enters its second day of lockdown

South Australian authorities say outdoor exercise ban can be lifted before the state closes for six days’ circuit breaker’.

Under strict COVID-19 restrictions, South Australian citizens are only allowed to leave their homes to access essential services – exercise is not included.

But Police Commissioner Grant Stephens says the rule will be the first to be implemented if the state’s coronavirus outbreak remains under control..

Stevens said authorities are fully aware of the impact exercise restrictions can have on mental health and will move to ease them « as soon as possible. ».

“Exercise is extremely important to people’s overall well-being . . . And we know people have pets that they should exercise. « .

COVID-19 fines were issued to a group of partisans and two beachgoers in separate incidents on Thursday but the state’s chief cop said, for the most part, South Australia’s response to the rules was « amazing ».

“I think everyone is hoping that if we make the effort, that will be a tight lockdown for six days and then we can go back to where we were in mid-November,” he told Sunrise.

Stevens reiterated that breaking the rules will not help contain the spread of what could be the second wave of COVID-19 cases in the state..

“I think I made my message clear . . . This is a six-day period where we want people to respect the intent of this trend: stay home, « said Stevens.

No new cases were linked to the Parafeld group on Thursday, but health authorities still fear thousands of infections by a pizza worker in the western suburb of Adelaide.

Prime Minister Stephen Marshall said that a six-day « pause » would help health authorities track the spread of the virus as they work around the clock to track every contact.

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