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A family-of-six have so far saved South Australia from a major Covid-19 outbreak after isolating on their own accord before they all later tested positive to the virus.
Kristen and Adam Ryan, along with their four children - all under the age of 10 including a baby girl - are quarantining together in an Adelaide medi-hotel after they were struck down with the virus in the past week.
Mr Ryan first flew back to Adelaide from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory last Friday and started isolating 'as a precaution' after learning one of his mining colleagues had tested positive.
Three of the couple's children then caught the virus as well before it emerged on Friday their youngest also tested positive.
Kristen and Adam Ryan, along with their four children - all under the age of 10 including a baby girl - are all quarantining together after being struck down with the virus within the past week
Mr Ryan had a brief stop at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on Friday as he suffers some of the virus' more severe symptoms
The family said they had been overwhelmed with the support they'd received from other South Australians while undergoing quarantine at the Tom's Court medi-hotel.
'All the love has been a major uplift for us all,' Mrs Ryan told Nine News.
'All we did was isolate for a