An urgent investigation has been launched after two returned travellers who never crossed paths are feared to have somehow passed the UK coronavirus variant between them at the Park Royal Hotel in Melbourne.
The potential transmission took place is between January 20 and January 28 and involves a family of five and a woman on the same floor within the quarantine hotel.
"The viral load of the room of the family of five was so high that just opening the door to pick up food saw the virus travel into the corridor," head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria Lisa Neville Neville said.
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