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A lie about a man’s connection to a pizzeria in the state of South Australia led to restricted confinement in that region.
The state has recorded 36 new infections, including some of the first cases locally since April, leading to more restricted lockdown since Wednesday. However, according to the authorities, this situation would have been avoided if a pizzeria worker had told the truth.
The height, the man who worked at the restaurant on a shift said he had just gone to the place to buy pizza.
The misinformation led authorities to Suppose the man had contracted coronavirus during a brief exposure to the site, raising concerns about a highly contagious new strain of the novel coronavirus.
The authorities even admitted that the restaurant could have infected hundreds of customers through the boxes where the pizza would be transported, reveals the Sydney Morning Herald.
In fact, the man in question He had worked several shifts in that same restaurant with a hotel employee who had been infected after another outbreak in the city. The man had also worked as a kitchen assistant in another hotel in the city where new cases emerged.
“To say that I am furious is an understatement. We are absolutely furious at the actions of this individual and will carefully analyze what the consequences of this are, ”said the region’s Prime Minister Steven Marshall.
He added that the decision to impose the confinement was based on the premise that it was a “very brief” exhibition. “We now know that there was very close contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19. If the person had been honest with the follow-up teams, we wouldn’t have limited ourselves. “, admitted the person in charge.
As a result, the lockdown will be suspended this Saturday, three days earlier than originally planned.
Police did not reveal the identity of the man, only saying that he worked at a pizzeria in the city of Adelaide. Already this Friday, hundreds of South Australians bombarded Woodville’s Pizza Bar social media with negative comments and ratings.
“I hope your company closes forever and never sells a pizza again,” reads one of the comments. “You caused the lockdown of an entire state. It has caused many people to lose income. You should be ashamed, ”says another message.
So far, Australia has recorded more than 900 deaths and 27,789 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
