Quarantine hotels to be overhauled to stifle spread
Victoria’s quarantine system has been revamped to create a buffer between rooms as fears grow over the spread of coronavirus.
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by Matt Johnston, Grant McArthur, Alex White and Brigid O’Connell
6th Feb 2021 7:16 AM
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Victoria's quarantine system has been overhauled to create a buffer between hotel rooms containing large families, in a bid to reduce the risk of infection spread.
More than 100 rooms have been removed from use this week, since returned travellers in two rooms who never crossed paths somehow passed between them a mutant UK coronavirus strain at the Park Royal Hotel.