CALL TO END THE HOTEL QUARANTINE ERA Amid the regular leaks from hotel quarantine – including similar recent cases of guest-to-guest transmission in NSW – there is growing urgency in calls to establish dedicated quarantine stations similar to Howards Springs in the Northern Territory as a safer form of housing returned travellers. Australian Medical Association national president Omar Khorshid said he had concerns about infection control in all of Australia’s quarantine hotels, with the probable exception of Howard Springs. “Hotel quarantine was always a short-term measure and we’ve been calling for a while now governments to consider longer-term measures,” Dr Khorshid said.