Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19

ABC  

"It's not boo-hoo we don't like hotels, it's that hotels are not quarantine facilities" — that's the reaction of one "terrified" traveller stuck in a Brisbane hotel that is the site of Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak. Key points: A man is thought to have caught the virus from a group from South Africa staying in the same hotel Some hotel guests are calling on the federal government to build real quarantine facilities Authorities are investigating if the Amora outbreak is related to doors being opened near other rooms The Amora Hotel in Creek Street in the CBD was revealed on Tuesday as the location of the state's latest COVID-19 transmission incident. Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young confirmed a man in his 40s who spent two weeks quarantining in the hotel tested positive to a strain that was carried by another hotel guest. "It's not boo-hoo we don't like hotels — it's that hotels are not quarantine facilities," she said.

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Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows
3 years ago

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In one case in July, a single traveller in hotel quarantine in Auckland infected three others in a room across …

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel
3 years, 1 month ago

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel

NL Times  

About 20 people are still staying in the quarantine hotel in Badhoevedorp. This group includes people who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at Schiphol from South Africa 10 days ago, as well as their loved ones. "Formalities often still have to be arranged to start the return journey, and a flight has to be booked," explained the GGD Kennemerland. …

COVID-19 | Tourism on the mend in Tamil Nadu
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 | Tourism on the mend in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

F or those who had been stuck inside their homes, working on their laptops, tablets and even mobile phones, the lockdown relaxations announced by the government, which allowed them to resume life as they knew it before the pandemic, was a welcome change. This enhancement of our ecosystem is a big boost to the confidence of our guests, who feel …

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave
3 years, 1 month ago

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Dutch News  

Most of the passengers who tested positive for coronavirus after flying in to the Netherlands from South Africa last week have been allowed to leave their quarantine hotel. A total of 61 people tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Cape Town and Johannesburg last Friday afternoon, hours after the Dutch government tightened travel restrictions in response to the emergence …

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave
3 years, 1 month ago

Most South Africa passengers in quarantine hotel cleared to leave

Dutch News  

Most of the passengers who tested positive for coronavirus after flying in to the Netherlands from South Africa last week have been allowed to leave their quarantine hotel. A total of 61 people tested positive for coronavirus after arriving from Cape Town and Johannesburg last Friday afternoon, hours after the Dutch government tightened travel restrictions in response to the emergence …

Half of those quarantined from South Africa flight still in isolation
3 years, 1 month ago

Half of those quarantined from South Africa flight still in isolation

NL Times  

More than half of the travelers who were required to quarantine in a Badhoevedorp hotel after flying to the Netherlands from South Africa were allowed to leave the hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said on Thursday. "I am pleased that more than half of the passengers can now leave the hotel and continue their journey," said Bert van de Velden, the …

Couple who left quarantine hotel could not be made to stay there: mayor
3 years, 1 month ago

Couple who left quarantine hotel could not be made to stay there: mayor

Dutch News  

More details have emerged about the couple who tested positive for coronavirus after flying to the Netherlands from South Africa and who were picked up by border police trying to leave the country by plane. The mayor of Haarlemmermeer, which includes Schiphol airport, told breakfast television show Goedemorgen Nederland that the couple were in the hotel voluntarily and could not …

Couple who left quarantine hotel could not be made to stay there: mayor
3 years, 1 month ago

Couple who left quarantine hotel could not be made to stay there: mayor

Dutch News  

More details have emerged about the couple who tested positive for coronavirus after flying to the Netherlands from South Africa and who were picked up by border police trying to leave the country by plane. The mayor of Haarlemmermeer, which includes Schiphol airport, told breakfast television show Goedemorgen Nederland that the couple were in the hotel voluntarily and could not …

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

NL Times  

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus out of about 600 passengers who returned from South Africa will be required to quarantine in a hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said. It concerns only those passengers who departed on two KLM aircraft from South Africa before the Netherlands implemented a flight ban from that country, but who landed in the Netherlands after the …

COVID-19 outbreak at Melbourne detention hotel sees 17 asylum seekers test positive, one admitted to hospital
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak at Melbourne detention hotel sees 17 asylum seekers test positive, one admitted to hospital

ABC  

At least 17 asylum seekers detained in a Melbourne facility have tested positive to COVID-19, with one person being treated in hospital. Key points: The Park Hotel in Melbourne is being used as an alternative detention facility to house asylum seekers An asylum seeker who contracted COVID-19 there said he did not feel safe Australian Border Force says 55 per …

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS
3 years, 4 months ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS

Daily Mail  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appears to have backed down on the pause to the state's hotel quarantine program, re-opening it from this Saturday - but at this stage, just 50 families will be allowed to return. The decision to re-start the hotel quarantine program comes a day after the outrage over the government's seemingly hypocritical stance of allowing NRL WAGs …

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine
3 years, 4 months ago

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

ABC  

Travel plans for people trying to relocate to Queensland have been thrown into disarray with the announcement the state is pausing arrivals from interstate hotspots for the next fortnight. Key points: People who have already received a "right of entry" border pass will have to reapply The Premier said the pause would help manage quarantine hotel capacity Health Minister Yvette …

Covid Spain: British holidaymaker says quarantine hotel was 'worse than a prison'
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid Spain: British holidaymaker says quarantine hotel was 'worse than a prison'

Daily Mail  

A British man says a Spanish quarantine hotel where he had to stay after testing positive for Covid was 'worse than a prison'. Cameron Moir said he was left without food for 24 hours at Hotel Palma Bellver in Palma, Majorca, where he accused staff of rationing basic supplies such as paracetamol and bottled water. Cameron's girlfriend of three years, …

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak

ABC  

Victoria is one step closer to solving the mystery of how the Delta strain of COVID-19 slipped into the community, and it looks like another hotel quarantine leak is the culprit. Theory two: The traveller transmitted the virus to a quarantine staff member Professor Cheng said the public health team, which had only learnt about the link on Monday, was …

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case
3 years, 7 months ago

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case

ABC  

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says it is most likely a Victorian man, who tested positive to COVID-19 yesterday, caught it while staying in hotel quarantine in Adelaide. Key points: A Victorian man tested positive for COVID–19 after doing hotel quarantine in Adelaide He was on the same flight as another case at the hotel Hotel guests …

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel
3 years, 7 months ago

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are investigating whether a man who was released from hotel quarantine in Adelaide and then tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne acquired the virus while in isolation. Key points: The man quarantined in the Playford medi-hotel next to a traveller who tested positive SA Health is investigating whether there have been any quarantine or testing breaches …

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victorian health authorities have revealed six potential COVID-19 exposure sites, after a man who completed his hotel quarantine in South Australia returned to the state and tested positive. Key points: Follow-up tests confirmed the man's positive COVID-19 diagnosis He left India in mid-April, before completing hotel quarantine in South Australia Potential exposure sites have been listed in the Melbourne CBD, …

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

ABC  

Health authorities in NSW have warned several people who could have been exposed to COVID-19 inside a Sydney quarantine hotel have already travelled interstate. Key points: NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested …

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern
3 years, 8 months ago

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern

ABC  

Members of the Indian community want Australia to continue accepting arrivals from India on compassionate grounds even if Premier Mark McGowan's suggestion of a travel ban from the country is adopted. Key points: Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India The WA Premier will raise …

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call
3 years, 8 months ago

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

ABC  

Two people staying at a Perth quarantine hotel have contracted the UK strain of COVID-19 from returned overseas travellers from India who were in another room. Key points: The two guests caught the virus from a couple staying in an opposite room The couple had arrived in WA from India infected with the UK strain The WA Premier has called …

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel

ABC  

New South Wales Health is investigating whether COVID-19 has spread inside a second Sydney quarantine hotel. NSW Health said they had tested negative on their day-two swabs in hotel quarantine, before subsequently testing positive for COVID-19 later during their quarantine periods. This latest incident comes just days after three people in one family acquired the virus from a family of …

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel
3 years, 9 months ago

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel

ABC  

Western Australia is making major changes to its COVID-19 restrictions, by relaxing its interstate border rules to re-open to other states quicker following closures. Key points: WA's border will re-open after 14 days without community spread Mark McGowan says he won't hesitate to reintroduce the hard border New Zealand travellers will be able to arrive quarantine-free from April 19 WA …

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared
3 years, 9 months ago

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared

ABC  

A man who tried to travel to Victoria from Brisbane before it was declared a red zone says he was forced into hotel quarantine, despite repeated assurances from the Department of Health he would not be. Key points: Sam says he was assured he would only face orange zone restrictions, but when his flight landed he was taken to hotel …

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work

ABC  

International travellers will start flying back into Melbourne from April 8. Close to six weeks ago, Victoria's hotel quarantine program was halted after COVID-19 leaked into the community and the state went into a snap five-day lockdown. The government says a team of health experts and engineers are assessing every single room in every hotel used in the program to …

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year, after the Health Department declared the final active case in the state had recovered. The health department said on Monday night that "almost all" current hotel quarantine workers had already had the first jab. Professor Baxter said if all workers had at least had their first vaccination injection, the outbreak risk …

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine
3 years, 9 months ago

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine

ABC  

A record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea have been recorded in hotel quarantine in Queensland. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. "I really want to thank the Australian …

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened

ABC  

Dr Kerry Chant said around 130 people had been contacted who worked with the security guard. "In terms of where this person acquired it, as the Minister indicated, this gentleman works in our hotel quarantine systems and generally works on the weekend and does weekend shifts in the hotel quarantine system. He was infectious while doing a shift and we …

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker
3 years, 10 months ago

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker

ABC  

Authorities are urgently examining airflow in every quarantine hotel in Western Australia in the wake of last month's positive COVID-19 case. Key points: The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels An occupational hygienist and mechanical engineer will examine all sites An occupational hygienist and mechanical …

Travellers at Victorian coronavirus quarantine hotel, Holiday Inn Flinders Lane, transferred after water damage
3 years, 10 months ago

Travellers at Victorian coronavirus quarantine hotel, Holiday Inn Flinders Lane, transferred after water damage

ABC  

Residents at a quarantine hotel for COVID-positive patients in Melbourne's CBD are being transferred to another facility after water damage over the weekend. Key points: Thirty-one residents at the hotel will be transferred to a former Australian Open quarantine facility today CQV says strict infection prevention and control measures will be followed during the transfer Health hotels house people with …

Covid: Hotel quarantine comes into force in United Kingdom
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid: Hotel quarantine comes into force in United Kingdom

India TV News  

All British and Irish citizens and UK residents who arrive in England after being in a high-risk Covid country now have to quarantine in hotels, officials said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the emergence of new variants meant the government "must go further" with its travel restrictions. "The rules coming into force today will bolster the quarantine system and provide …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
3 years, 10 months ago

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

ABC  

Victorians are still coming to grips with their return to life in lockdown as they wait for news about whether or not the so-called "circuit breaker" restrictions have been effective in helping to curtail the current cluster. Nebuliser use at root of cluster The starting point of the cluster has been traced back to Thursday February 4, when three family …

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday
3 years, 10 months ago

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Hancock also said arrivals from every foreign country except Ireland will face two additional Covid tests: one on the …

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three
3 years, 10 months ago

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three

Daily Mail  

A hotel worker has tested positive for coronavirus just hours after a resident, bringing Melbourne's quarantine outbreak to three. The Victorian Department of Health announced a third case at Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport on Tuesday night, saying 'interviews are underway' to trace the worker's movements The woman was cleared to leave the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport but has since tested …

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go
3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine: Ministers yet to sign a single contract for use of rooms with just a WEEK to go

Daily Mail  

Ministers have yet to secure a single hotel room for use in a new enforced quarantine plan that is due to come into force in just a week's time, it was revealed today. Britain's hotel quarantine scheme came under fresh criticism on Sunday when it emerged 35 countries where mutant coronavirus strains have been found are not on the list …

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins
3 years, 11 months ago

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins

Daily Mail  

Australia's east coast is on high alert for yet another coronavirus outbreak after two hotel quarantine breaches within hours of each other. NSW Health authorities are also scrambling after a traveller tested positive two days after they were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney. A hotel quarantine worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has tested positive to coronavirus …

Probe cannot determine exactly how Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster evaded infection controls
3 years, 11 months ago

Probe cannot determine exactly how Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster evaded infection controls

ABC  

An investigation into Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor coronavirus cluster has been unable to determine exactly how the virus evaded infection controls. Key points: The positive case of the highly infectious UK strain forced Greater Brisbane into a three-day lockdown The positive case of the highly infectious UK strain forced Greater Brisbane into a three-day lockdown The probe recommends CCTV be …

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated
3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated

ABC  

Victorian health authorities are investigating a case of COVID-19 in a hotel quarantine worker, with a public health team working to notify the staff member's close contacts. Key points: The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus from one room to another in a quarantine hotel The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus …

Coronavirus lockdown prompts questions over how hotel quarantine system failed
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown prompts questions over how hotel quarantine system failed

ABC  

WA authorities have defended Perth's hotel quarantine system despite a security guard testing positive to COVID-19 amid criticism from the state's peak doctor's union. Key points: Two investigations have been launched into the COVID infection Two investigations have been launched into the COVID infection Previous hotel quarantine system reviews did not identify problems Previous hotel quarantine system reviews did not …

Patient tested for coronavirus at Fiona Stanley Hospital in WA likely historic case, CHO says
3 years, 11 months ago

Patient tested for coronavirus at Fiona Stanley Hospital in WA likely historic case, CHO says

ABC  

Authorities say a patient treated at Fiona Stanley Hospital who posted online about being infected with COVID-19 is believed to have contracted the virus late last year and is not thought to be infectious. Key points: The patient reported to Fiona Stanley Hospital with COVID symptoms He has returned a weak positive test result from a swab But that doesn't …

New Zealand's COVID-19 community transmission case likely came from returned traveller in hotel
3 years, 11 months ago

New Zealand's COVID-19 community transmission case likely came from returned traveller in hotel

ABC  

New Zealand authorities have confirmed a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 while in the community likely contracted it from another returned traveller on the same floor as her room in her quarantine hotel. Key points: The 56-year-old woman tested negative twice during her quarantine, before developing symptoms later The 56-year-old woman tested negative twice during her quarantine, before developing …

Coronavirus cases after Australian Open chartered flights into Melbourne force players into strict quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases after Australian Open chartered flights into Melbourne force players into strict quarantine

ABC  

Dozens of players who flew into Melbourne for the Australian Open will be confined to their rooms and unable to train for 14 days after passengers on two charter flights tested positive for COVID-19. Key points: Passengers on charter flights from Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles have tested positive for COVID-19 Passengers on charter flights from Abu Dhabi and Los …

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus

Daily Mail  

Queensland has reported three new cases of coronavirus, two in hotel quarantine and one historical case. Premier Palaszczuk is still considering using mining camps instead of hotels to quarantine Health officials rejected reports that a father and daughter from Lebanon who were staying at the hotel breached quarantine before they tested positive. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she is still investigating …

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital

ABC  

Health authorities say "all protocols were followed" when a woman in Brisbane hotel quarantine accompanied her father to and from hospital wearing full PPE before she later tested positive for the UK strain of COVID-19. Key points: There was a report an overseas traveller was left unattended at a hospital and travelled back to hotel quarantine in a ride-share vehicle …

Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine

Daily Mail  

Queensland wants to use Outback mining camps instead of Brisbane hotels to quarantine returned travellers, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday. She said the mining camps she wants to use instead of hotels were comfortable and had balconies or outside space, just like the Northern Territory's Howard Springs quarantine facility. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said said held grave concerns about the …

Fears UK coronavirus mutant strain has snuck into NSW from Brisbane hotel
3 years, 11 months ago

Fears UK coronavirus mutant strain has snuck into NSW from Brisbane hotel

Daily Mail  

The UK coronavirus mutant strain may have slipped into New South Wales from returned travellers who have already quarantined in Queensland, health bosses fear. Contact tracers have been working tirelessly overnight to speak with returned travellers who were quarantined in the Brisbane hotel where a cleaner tested positive to the UK mutant strain of coronavirus. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said NSW …

Queensland woman who stayed in hotel quarantine raises concerns over staff not wearing masks
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland woman who stayed in hotel quarantine raises concerns over staff not wearing masks

ABC  

A Queensland woman who was quarantined at a Gold Coast hotel in December has questioned the protocols in place, saying she witnessed staff not wearing masks. Key points: The woman says she saw cleaners and people delivering food at the hotel not wearing masks The woman says she saw cleaners and people delivering food at the hotel not wearing masks …

COVID-19 quarantine 'reset' as 129 people locked in Brisbane's Grand Chancellor to move to other hotels
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 quarantine 'reset' as 129 people locked in Brisbane's Grand Chancellor to move to other hotels

ABC  

An urgent incident response is underway in Queensland after genomic testing discovered six previously identified COVID-19 cases were linked and are all the highly contagious UK strain of the virus. Key points: 129 guests locked in the Hotel Grand Chancellor are undergoing a COVID-19 quarantine "reset" 129 guests locked in the Hotel Grand Chancellor are undergoing a COVID-19 quarantine "reset" …

Victoria's COVID-19 travel permit system goes live as more stories of forced hotel quarantine emerge
3 years, 11 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 travel permit system goes live as more stories of forced hotel quarantine emerge

ABC  

Despite some early hiccups, Victoria's traffic light permit travel system has gone live, as new stories emerge of residents being kept in hotel quarantine despite having exemptions from the Victorian Government. Key points: The Victorian travel permit system went live about 9:00pm last night, more than two hours late More than 30,000 permits had been issued by 7:00am Some travellers …

Australia's coronavirus quarantine protocols are changing because of the mutant UK COVID-19 strain
4 years ago

Australia's coronavirus quarantine protocols are changing because of the mutant UK COVID-19 strain

ABC  

A woman who contracted the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 and flew into Brisbane from Melbourne after clearing hotel quarantine has since tested positive to the virus again, prompting an urgent public health response. Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman flew into Melbourne from the UK on December 26 and tested positive a day later. She spent …

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