South Australia (SA) has imposed vaccination mandates on all truck drivers and other freight workers coming into the state by road after many cases of COVID-19 were link to the transport sector. Many of the recently reported cases in SA were linked to trucker drivers who have passed through the state. From Thursday, Oct. 7, all commercial transport and freight workers entering SA from the Australian Captial Territory, New South Wales or Victoria by road must show evidence of having at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. From late August to early September, the SA government has been vocal about vaccinating transport workers, especially those that travel from high-risk areas into SA. Premier Steven Marshall said the change was necessary following the number of recent cases linked to freight operators. “We’ve had seven, eight, maybe nine truck drivers bring the Delta variant into South Australia just in the last …
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