The South Australian Government has spent $2.3 million (US$1.65 million) to establish a new phone monitoring program that calls vulnerable residents with COVID-19 twice a day to ensure they have adequate support during home isolation. In a media release on Tuesday, Premier Steven Marshall said the COVID Home Telephone Monitoring Program from Wellbeing SA is boosting the support already given by the COVID Response Care Team (CRCT) in monitoring vulnerable South Australians with COVID-19. “As more South Australians become infected with COVID, the research shows at least 95 percent of them can complete their 10 days of isolation safely at home,” he said. “This new phone monitoring program will assist those people who require a bit more support at home while doing the right thing and isolating to protect the health of other South Australians.” Wellbeing SA is an agency separate from the Department for Health and Wellbeing, which focuses on the prevention …