Victoria's coronavirus crisis traced back to seven travellers, as ADF official says hotel quarantine help was offered
4 years, 7 months ago

Victoria's coronavirus crisis traced back to seven travellers, as ADF official says hotel quarantine help was offered

ABC  

Ninety per cent of Victoria's active coronavirus cases can be traced back to a family of four staying at Melbourne's Rydges on Swanston hotel, an inquiry has heard. Key points: Inquiries in Melbourne and Canberra have been looking at hotel quarantine in Victoria Inquiries in Melbourne and Canberra have been looking at hotel quarantine in Victoria An epidemiologist says a family at Rydges displayed symptoms before workers were infected An epidemiologist says a family at Rydges displayed symptoms before workers were infected An ADF official says the offer of military help for quarantine was "made plain" to all states The state's hotel quarantine inquiry has heard from Department of Health and Human Services epidemiologist Charles Alpren, who said almost all of Victoria's second-wave cases could be traced back to the Rydges hotel. "I know of no links between cases in the Rydges hotel outbreak and cases involved in the Stamford Plaza outbreak," Dr Alpren said. Lieutenant General John Frewen told a Senate inquiry the ADF was on standby to help Victoria with a broad range of tasks, including supporting police in hotel quarantine.

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Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living
3 years, 1 month ago

Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living

ABC  

Hospital visiting hours have been reduced to just two hours twice a day across all public hospitals in Perth in response to growing COVID-19 cases in WA. Key points: WA hospitals shifted to an 'amber alert' level as Omicron spreads This triggers a number of measures to protect patients and staff It comes as the virus is detected in another …

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak
3 years, 3 months ago

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded five new COVID cases, a day after an unvaccinated French backpacker tested positive to the disease. WA Premier Mark McGowan said one was a close contact of case 1133, who attended an event with the man at the Perth Mess Hall in Northbridge on December 19. Fremantle hostel locked down Mr McGowan said 100 of the …

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers
3 years, 5 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC  

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

Queensland authorities discussing COVID-19 quarantine 'bubble' for soldiers returning from Afghanistan
3 years, 6 months ago

Queensland authorities discussing COVID-19 quarantine 'bubble' for soldiers returning from Afghanistan

ABC  

The Queensland government says it is in negotiations with the Australian Defence Force over a quarantine "bubble" for hundreds of soldiers returning from Afghanistan. Key points: Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has given her support in principle to a quarantine "bubble" for ADF soldiers returning from Afghanistan The ADF has secured a hotel on the Gold Coast It will submit …

Is Australia’s hotel quarantine system broken?
3 years, 7 months ago

Is Australia’s hotel quarantine system broken?

Al Jazeera  

The government says system is ‘99.99-percent effective’ but as Delta triggers new lockdowns there are calls for change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists that the hotel quarantine programme is “99.99-percent effective.” But there have been at least 21 separate leaks from various hotels, which have led to the repeated closure of schools and businesses and significant disruption to daily life …

Here's what we know about the journey of two COVID-positive removalists who visited Victoria and SA
3 years, 8 months ago

Here's what we know about the journey of two COVID-positive removalists who visited Victoria and SA

ABC  

Two removalists who tested positive for coronavirus after visiting South Australia and Victoria last week have sparked concerns about possible local COVID-19 transmission. SA Health is currently investigating another exposure site in regional South Australia the crew attended before arriving at McLaren Vale. The removalists then visited Tailem Bend On their way back from McLaren Vale, the crew stopped for …

Victoria records two new local COVID cases, possible source for Delta cluster found
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria records two new local COVID cases, possible source for Delta cluster found

ABC  

Acting Premier James Merlino says Victoria remains on track for an easing of restrictions on Friday, with just two more cases being detected in the state's coronavirus outbreak. "I can confirm today that we have now found a match between a returned traveller who entered hotel quarantine in Melbourne on the 8th of May and this cluster," he said. Acting …

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak
3 years, 9 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 …

What's next in Victoria's COVID crisis? Here are four things to watch
3 years, 9 months ago

What's next in Victoria's COVID crisis? Here are four things to watch

ABC  

Victorian health officials say the state is running neck-and-neck with this COVID-19 crisis and the next few days will be critical. Health officials are hoping to find out today whether the new case in a worker at the Arcare Aged Care home at Maidstone, in Melbourne's west, is linked to that case. Victorian COVID-19 snapshot Outbreak cases: 190 Outbreak cases: …

WA coronavirus transmission reported in hotel quarantine after man infected by guest in next door room
3 years, 9 months ago

WA coronavirus transmission reported in hotel quarantine after man infected by guest in next door room

ABC  

Another person has been infected with COVID-19 while staying in a Perth quarantine hotel and authorities are urgently investigating how it took place. WA's chief health officer Andrew Robertson said a man flew into Perth from Colombia via the US on May 21 and was accommodated at the Pan Pacific Hotel. WA's deputy chief health officer Robyn Lawrence says the …

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak
3 years, 9 months ago

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak

ABC  

Victoria's coronavirus outbreak — and breaches in hotel quarantine more generally — have spurred a new coronavirus testing measure in the Northern Territory. Key points: The change affects repatriated Australians coming to the NT after quarantining interstate Those people will need to get tested 17 days after they began quarantine The rule is being introduced because of repeated breaches of …

The coronavirus mystery case that holds the key to Victoria getting on top of its outbreak
3 years, 9 months ago

The coronavirus mystery case that holds the key to Victoria getting on top of its outbreak

ABC  

It's been a week since four locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Melbourne's north were uncovered, ending three months of no community transmission across the state. Contact tracers are still trying to establish how a staff member at the Arcare Maidstone aged care facility in Melbourne's west, a woman in her 50s, picked up the virus. Mr Weimar indicated that test …

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

As the anxiety-inducing threat of yet another lockdown loomed on Wednesday, many Victorians were asking: Why do these things always seem to happen to us? Mr Morrison has said the hotel quarantine system had been "99.9 per cent effective". Professor Toole said he did not understand how Prime Minister Scott Morrison could assert that hotel quarantine was "99.99 per cent …

Victoria records FIVE new local cases of Covid as a shopping centre, Nando's added to exposure sites
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria records FIVE new local cases of Covid as a shopping centre, Nando's added to exposure sites

Daily Mail  

Victoria has recorded five new cases of coronavirus on Saturday as the state enters its second day of lockdown. Victorians can only leave home for five reasons - to shop for food and essential items, provide or receive care, exercise, work or study if they can't from home, and to get vaccinated Victoria has recorded five new cases of coronavirus …

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown

Daily Mail  

An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers in South Australian hotel quarantine sparked the Covid-19 outbreak that has plunged Melbourne into another crippling snap lockdown. An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers at Adelaide's Playford Hotel sparked Melbourne's outbreak, a report has found The list of potential Covid-19 exposure sites in Victoria has reached 150 locations as of …

Adelaide medi-hotel ventilation 'excellent' despite Melbourne COVID-19 outbreak, health chief says
3 years, 10 months ago

Adelaide medi-hotel ventilation 'excellent' despite Melbourne COVID-19 outbreak, health chief says

ABC  

Coronavirus testing in Adelaide is surging amid concerns about Melbourne's COVID-19 outbreak, as the state's chief health officer says SA medi-hotels have "excellent ventilation". Key points: South Australia's hard border with Greater Melbourne is now in effect Huge queues have formed outside drive-through testing stations SA Health has reopened the Tailem Bend testing site to keep up with demand Attendance …

Victoria's 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria's 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far

ABC  

The next few days will be crucial to see how many new cases emerge from a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to Melbourne's northern and western suburbs. Genomic sequencing has confirmed the cases in the new cluster are all linked to the Wollert case but the "missing link" has not yet been found. Next, five new cases in the City …

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster
3 years, 10 months ago

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

ABC  

South Australia has imposed fresh border restrictions in response to Melbourne's coronavirus cases, but SA Health says it is not ready to release its report into a man who stayed in an Adelaide medi-hotel and is potentially linked to the cluster. Key points: Anyone who has been at an exposure site in the relevant time is now banned from entering …

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case
3 years, 10 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 …

Federal Budget 2021 offers no new plan for COVID-19 hotel quarantine alternatives
3 years, 10 months ago

Federal Budget 2021 offers no new plan for COVID-19 hotel quarantine alternatives

ABC  

The federal government is under fire after last night's budget provided no new funds for open-air quarantine facilities beyond an already announced expansion at Howard Springs. Key points: The budget did contain $500 million to expand capacity at the Howard Springs quarantine facility But there were no funds for a proposed cabin-style quarantine facility in Melbourne's north Prime Minister Scott …

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel
3 years, 10 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, 10 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, …

WA hotel quarantine report warned of 'high-risk' COVID-19 dangers a month before Perth lockdown
3 years, 11 months ago

WA hotel quarantine report warned of 'high-risk' COVID-19 dangers a month before Perth lockdown

ABC  

The West Australian government was warned in March about "high-risk" ventilation issues at the Mercure Hotel — the quarantine hotel at the centre of Perth's coronavirus outbreak. Key points: "High-risk" issues at the Mercure Hotel were identified in a March report The hotel was at the centre at WA's latest COVID-19 outbreak Rooms surrounding COVID cases were not cleared as …

Australian states investigate COVID spread in quarantine hotels
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian states investigate COVID spread in quarantine hotels

Al Jazeera  

Cases reported in Sydney and Perth hotels among people who arrived from different countries at different times. More than 200,000 people have passed through the country’s hotel quarantine system since it was first, but it has also come in for criticism, particularly in the state of Victoria where a breach of procedures last June led to a wave of cases …

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call
3 years, 11 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, 11 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 …

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney
3 years, 11 months ago

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney

ABC  

New South Wales has again recorded locally acquired coronavirus cases, after the virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine. Key points: Two families have been diagnosed with the same COVID-19 viral sequencing The families are being treated at the Special Health Accommodation Latest cases come amid a rising wave of vaccine hesitancy The state's health department said three people in one …

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared
3 years, 11 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 …

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland
4 years ago

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland

ABC  

Three Victorians will spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine after visiting a high-risk exposure site while travelling in Queensland. Key points: Two of the three had returned negative tests by Sunday morning, while the third was still pending Secondary close contacts are being identified, with more expected to be contacted Victoria says it has no current plans to close the …

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case
4 years ago

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case

ABC  

Western Australia has imposed new quarantine restrictions on certain travellers returning from Queensland after that state recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus. Key points: People visiting WA from some parts of Queensland will have to quarantine Roger Cook says there could be further announcements in the next 24 hours He says he is disappointed in the low rates …

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

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed
4 years ago

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed

ABC  

For the third time in the past year, Georgina Trigg and her family have been packing up their belongings and preparing to leave Dubai. Key points: Ms Trigg's family was told the cancellation was due to Victoria's pause on international arrivals A Melbourne woman who returned via Sydney says Victoria has a reputation for being unreliable with hotel quarantine The …

NSW records one new coronavirus case connected to Sydney hotel
4 years ago

NSW records one new coronavirus case connected to Sydney hotel

Daily Mail  

A returned traveller staying at the same Sydney hotel where a security guard contracted Covid has tested positive to the virus. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the latest infection could be the 'missing link' for health authorities investigating the state's first local case of transmission in more than 50 days. The premier said the returned traveller was quarantining on the …

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

Victoria records zero coronavirus cases as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria records zero coronavirus cases as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins

ABC  

An infectious diseases expert who was part of the team which treated Australia's first coronavirus patient has become the first person in Victoria to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Monash Health's Rhonda Stuart says it's "amazing" the vaccine is available a year after the first patients were treated About 12,000 doses of the vaccine are scheduled for rollout …

Victoria records three new coronavirus cases linked to Holiday Inn outbreak, one admitted to intensive care
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria records three new coronavirus cases linked to Holiday Inn outbreak, one admitted to intensive care

ABC  

A coronavirus outbreak linked to the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has grown to 22 cases after three new locally acquired COVID-19 infections were recorded in Victoria. Key points: One of the positive cases in the Holiday Inn cluster is now in a stable condition in ICU The three new infections are from the same household, two of whom stayed …

Victoria records two new locally acquired coronavirus cases on fourth day of lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria records two new locally acquired coronavirus cases on fourth day of lockdown

ABC  

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the Government will hold out until Wednesday to make a call on whether or not the state's five-day lockdown will need to be extended. Key points: There are now 19 cases linked to the outbreak at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport There are now 19 cases linked to the outbreak at the Holiday Inn Melbourne …

Travellers at Victorian coronavirus quarantine hotel, Holiday Inn Flinders Lane, transferred after water damage
4 years, 1 month 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 …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Victorian hotel quarantine program not following healthcare infection control standards
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian hotel quarantine program not following healthcare infection control standards

ABC  

Victoria's beleaguered hotel quarantine program was not following the same infection control standards drawn up by a PPE taskforce, which were being applied to the rest of the state's health system. Key points: The PPE taskforce said in December that anyone in quarantine should be considered "high risk" and treated as if they have coronavirus The PPE required for such …

Coronavirus quarantine hotel auditor needed in Australia, epidemiologist Tony Blakely says
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus quarantine hotel auditor needed in Australia, epidemiologist Tony Blakely says

ABC  

A national effort to assess the existing quarantine effort in different states and set a standard for quarantine sites has the support of two of Australia's leading public health experts. Key points: Epidemiologist Tony Blakely proposes a quarantine auditor, which would assess and accredit quarantine sites A member of the Federal Government's Infection Control Expert Group says a national standard …

Victoria records one new locally acquired coronavirus case as exposure sites list grows
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria records one new locally acquired coronavirus case as exposure sites list grows

ABC  

Three Melbourne hospital psychiatric wards have been locked down and more than 100 staff have been told to quarantine, as authorities treat a worker with "unclear" coronavirus results as a positive case. Key points: About 150 close contacts have been identified at The Alfred, Broadmeadows and Northern hospitals Premier Daniel Andrews says it is "too early" to confirm the lockdown …

Queen Victoria Market and Melbourne tram routes listed as Victorian coronavirus exposure sites
4 years, 1 month ago

Queen Victoria Market and Melbourne tram routes listed as Victorian coronavirus exposure sites

ABC  

Three tram routes and the main fruit and vegetable section at the Queen Victoria Market are among the latest exposure sites identified by Victorian health authorities, as the hotel quarantine outbreak which sparked a snap lockdown grows to 16 cases. Key points: Two new locally acquired cases are a woman and a child from separate households Health authorities said they …

Victorian hotel quarantine chief Emma Cassar stands by statement her team was not told about nebuliser
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian hotel quarantine chief Emma Cassar stands by statement her team was not told about nebuliser

ABC  

The head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria, Emma Cassar, says there is "no evidence" that a guest at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn told her team he had the nebuliser that has been blamed for the current coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Ms Cassar said the man was "not lying" She said she could not explain the difference in accounts Fourteen cases …

Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus lockdown for Victoria in response to 'hyper-infectious' UK strain
4 years, 1 month ago

Daniel Andrews announces snap coronavirus lockdown for Victoria in response to 'hyper-infectious' UK strain

ABC  

Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days to respond to fears the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus has spread in the community, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed. Key points: Stage 4 restrictions will be in place across the entire state from 11:59pm Friday until 11:59pm on Wednesday Stage 4 restrictions will be in place across …

Victorian coronavirus outbreak likely to grow as Melbourne Airport terminal listed as exposure site
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian coronavirus outbreak likely to grow as Melbourne Airport terminal listed as exposure site

ABC  

Victorian authorities estimate up to 5,000 people moved through an airport terminal listed as a key coronavirus exposure site, as the state prepares to enter a snap five-day lockdown under stage 4 restrictions. Key points: Melbourne Airport Terminal 4 has been listed as an exposure site for a roughly nine-hour window on Tuesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he supported …

What we know about the nebuliser 'exposure event' that ignited a coronavirus outbreak at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport
4 years, 1 month ago

What we know about the nebuliser 'exposure event' that ignited a coronavirus outbreak at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport

ABC  

Victorian authorities are investigating how a coronavirus cluster started in a Melbourne quarantine hotel, but believe it could have been caused by mist from a nebuliser. The Department of Health says eight cases are now connected to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport after two more people tested positive on Wednesday. Authorities combed "thousands of hours" of CCTV …

Victorian Holiday Inn quarantine hotel outbreak hits eight after two more people test positive to coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian Holiday Inn quarantine hotel outbreak hits eight after two more people test positive to coronavirus

ABC  

The coronavirus outbreak linked to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport has grown to eight cases, after two more infections were recorded on Wednesday. Key points: The new cases include a person who had completed hotel quarantine and a worker The new cases include a person who had completed hotel quarantine and a worker Brett Sutton says the …

Victorian authorities race to investigate two new COVID-19 cases at 'hotbed' quarantine hotel
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian authorities race to investigate two new COVID-19 cases at 'hotbed' quarantine hotel

ABC  

An urgent review into cases of suspected transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria's hotel quarantine system is underway, after a cluster of cases at a hotel near Melbourne Airport grew to three. Key points: Authorities say the latest cases were likely transmitted on one floor at the quarantine hotel Authorities say the latest cases were likely transmitted on one floor at …

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three
4 years, 1 month 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 …

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