SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier apologises for wrongly suggesting man breached coronavirus quarantine

South Australia’s Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier has apologised for wrongly suggesting yesterday that a man breached coronavirus quarantine and put the state at risk.

The man in his 30s has been exposed to major public backlash over the past 24 hours.

But authorities conceded at a press conference this afternoon that he had done nothing wrong.

Professor Spurrier, who did not attend the press conference, apologised to the man in a statement this evening.

She clarified that the man had no obligation to remain in quarantine when he went shopping and that no-one had told him he had to do so.

“[As] a casual contact, this individual was never directed to quarantine by SA Health or SAPOL and therefore has done nothing wrong,” Professor…