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A series of failings within Victoria s hotel quarantine system led to 275 guests being put at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. Between March and August last year the same blood glucose monitoring device was used across multiple guests, a review by Safer Care Victoria has found. The devices carry out a finger prick test on guests and are intended to be used on one person only. Safer Care Victoria said none of the 275 guests referred to get tested contracted any viruses but not everyone identified in the review could be contacted. Several failings within Victoria s hotel quarantine system led to 275 guests being put at risk of contracting blood borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C (testing facility is seen at View Melbourne Hotel) ....
Victoria s suspended hotel quarantine program, currently housing no returned travellers, is costing more than $1 million a day to run. The program is estimated to cost $377 million to run for a single year, figures in the Victorian Government s 2020-21 Mid-Year Financial Report have revealed. The state government paused international flights from arriving on February 12 after COVID-19 once again seeped out of Victoria s gold standard hotel system. READ MORE: People associated with the Australian Open seen lining up at a testing facility at the View Melbourne Hotel in February.(Getty) Hotel quarantine staff and contract holders have continued to be paid, despite the scheme being brought to a halt. ....
Scientist Suggest Infectious CCP Virus Mutations Could be the Cause of Hotel Quarantine Leaks Infectious disease experts believe that the highly infectious variants of the CCP virus could be the cause of quarantine leaks across Australia after Victoria reported three new cases connected to their quarantine program in the past week. The latest case, a woman in her 50s tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, on Sunday after she worked at the Holiday Inn near the Melbourne airport. “If these breaches are these more highly contagious strains, then there is a question about whether the sort of prevention should be ramped up even more,” Prof. Malcolm Sim, a government adviser, and president of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, said on Monday. ....