Is Australia s hotel quarantine system worth the risk as COVID variants spread? Here are the alternatives
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FebFebruary 2021 at 11:37pm
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Just weeks after the virus jumped hotel containment lines in Queensland and Western Australia, Victoria now finds itself in the hot seat.
The latest cluster of more than a dozen cases is believed to have spread through the use of a nebuliser at the Holiday Inn near Melbourne Airport.
With the emergence of international variants of the virus throwing a new spanner in the works, questions are again being raised about some of the weaknesses of Australia s quarantine programs, and how our lines of defence might be strengthened.