Delayed N95 mask fit-testing at Victoria s coronavirus quarantine hotels rings alarm bells
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FebFebruary 2021 at 9:19pm
Several certified fit testers tell the ABC it will take a few weeks to have all the staff earmarked to received N95 masks correctly fitted.
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The Victorian government has not started rolling out professionally fitted N95 masks to all hotel quarantine workers, despite fears it was one of the key protocol gaps that allowed the virus to escape the system and send Melbourne into a five-day lockdown.
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But so far, authorities haven t started rolling out professionally fitted N95 masks
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.
Health by Matt Johnston, Grant McArthur, Alex White and Brigid O’Connell 6th Feb 2021 7:16 AM
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Subscriber only 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.
What s being done to prevent coronavirus spreading through the air in Victorian quarantine hotels?
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Changes are being made to improve ventilation at the Holiday Inn Flinders Lane.
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With returned travellers in Victoria s hotel quarantine system testing positive to coronavirus and creating the risk of the virus escaping again, the stakes are high.
The State Government has introduced some measures to help prevent it from getting out into the community.
Hotel quarantine workers are tested for coronavirus daily.
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Can coronavirus spread through the air?
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