David Jones store at Westfield shuts down after a worker contracts coronavirus

Customers who entered a David Jones store in Adelaide’s south last week are urged to seek medical advice after a staff member tested positive to coronavirus.

The Westfield Marion store has been closed and detailed cleaning has begun.

It is unclear when the store will reopen.

In a temporary closure sign posted on the store’s front door, David Jones said it was ‘taking all necessary actions to ensure that our customers can shop with confidence when we re-open’.

Customers who entered the store between 9am on March 16 and 11am on March 21 and who become unwell are asked to contact the Public Health Hotline.

The staff member returned the positive result late on Monday and is currently in isolation at home.

Earlier on Tuesday, South Australia opened its second drive-through testing station, as authorities maintained the state had the world’s most strenuous testing regime.

There have now been 17,800 people tested for the virus in SA, with the processing time reduced to 21 hours.

Premier Steven Marshall said that number represented the most tests per capita of anywhere in the world.

‘Strong testing is a hallmark of how we have worked towards tackling the coronavirus head-on,’ he told reporters.

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‘I’m very pleased with the level of testing we have done, which gives us a high confidence level that as to this point in time we haven’t had any community transmission of the disease.’

The new drive-through clinic opened on Tuesday at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, north of the city, while the first clinic has been operating at the Repatriation Hospital in the southern suburbs.

SA Pathology clinical lead Tom Dodd said the first centre had been successful and was seeing one car every five minutes.

‘People have been extremely cooperative and flow has gone very well, there’s been no issues with anyone,’ he said.

Dr Dodd said he was confident South Australia had enough testing kits to keep up with demand, which is currently between 1000 and 1600 tests each day.

There are now 134 confirmed cases of the virus in the state, after an extra 34 patients were diagnosed on Monday.

The state government has also increased the cleaning regime for schools and has boosted supplies of sanitising gels, soap, toilet paper and paper towels for students and teachers.

Mr Marshall said the health and welfare of all South Australians was the government’s top priority and practising proper hygiene was a key weapon in limiting the spread of the disease.

‘Our schools and early childhood facilities are essential services in this time of national need, and we will continue to support them in every way we can,’ he said.

Public Health Hotline: 1800 671 738