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A young girl who travelled from Victoria to visit relatives in Adelaide has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the state's first locally-detected case after the opening of borders to all states and territories.
The girl came into SA by road with her mother and a sibling and was informed during the trip she was a close contact of a case in her home state.
The family then got tested at Tailem Bend, east of Adelaide, before continuing on to visit relatives.
Two people are seen hugging each other after one arrives from a Melbourne flight in Adelaide, on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. South Australia has dropped its travel ban on people from NSW, Victoria and the ACT
With confirmation of the girl's infection on Wednesday, Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the family had decided to return to their home in Nhill to quarantine.
The girl's grandparents have been vaccinated and will quarantine at home for seven days.
Professor Spurrier said no other exposure sites had been
