'Cruel and uncaring' South Australia becomes Australia's winning Covidiot state by making returning Olympians quarantine for a MONTH
South Australia has been slammed as 'cruel and uncaring' after forcing Australia's Olympic heroes to complete four weeks of quarantine.
Sixteen athletes are currently undergoing two weeks of mandatory quarantine in Sydney will be ordered to do another 14 days when they return home to South Australia.
Australian Olympic committee chief executive Matt Carroll said the decision posed mental health risks for the athletes, who have all been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and lived and competed under a strict bio-security conditions since before leaving for Japan.
'While other countries are celebrating the return of their athletes, we are subjecting ours to the most cruel and uncaring treatment,' Carroll said.
'They are being punished for proudly representing their country with distinction at the Olympic Games.'
He accused the South Australian government of ignoring medical advice from the Australian Institute of Sport which indicated the mental health of athletes could be 'severely challenged after returning from a highly constrained Tokyo Games environment into the further isolation of extended lockdown.'
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