SA COVID fears return as investigation launched into Peppers Hotel outbreak

South Australia’s health chief has revealed an urgent investigation has been launched into the latest twist in the state’s COVID-19 crisis.

Concerns are growing over the efficacy of the state’s medi-hotel system as it’s revealed two new cases announced on Tuesday are linked to the Parafield cluster.

The two patients caught the infection while quarantined in Peppers Hotel.

Health authorities say the two new cases have been genomically linked to the northern suburbs outbreak but aren’t close contacts of a known case, raising questions as to just how they were infected in what’s supposed to be a fully-secure environment