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Victorian authorities probe possible transmission of UK coronavirus variant in hotel quarantine
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Victoria reinstates COVID-19 restrictions after hotel quarantine worker tests positive to virus
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A hotel quarantine worker in Victoria has tested positive for Covid, prompting a scramble to find out which venues the person visited.
The Victorian Department of Health said its public health teams are investigating the new case and close contacts are being notified.
The alert comes after two separate groups of guests in adjacent rooms at Melbourne s Park Royal Hotel tested positive for the more infectious B117 coronavirus variant, first detected in the United Kingdom.
Victoria s Police Minister Lisa Neville, responsible for overseeing the revamped hotel quarantine program, said genomics had shown the infections were identical.
The Victorian Department of Health said its public health teams are investigating the new case and close contacts are being notified
Victoria reinstates coronavirus restrictions after hotel quarantine worker tests positive
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions after a Australian Open hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne became infected with Covid, with a testing blitz on tournament participants underway.
In a late night press conference on Wednesday, Mr Andrews announced household gathering limits would be slashed in half to 15 and masks would once again be mandatory indoors.
About 600 Australian Open players, officials and support staff have been identified as close contacts and are isolating until they test negative for Covid. Most players had only just been released from quarantine.
As a result of the testing blitz and isolation orders, all Melbourne Summer Series matches at Melbourne Park on Thursday were cancelled.