Victoria’s public health team was stymied for several days in identifying a high-risk exposure site that a hotel quarantine worker with coronavirus visited, because she had initially returned an “exceptionally rare” false-negative result. Authorities are confident they have ring-fenced a growing COVID-19 cluster linked to a private function at the
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The state government has bowed to pressure and rolled out N95 masks to more hotel quarantine workers in an effort to close dangerous gaps in infection control. An additional three cases linked to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel near Melbourne Airport were announced on Thursday, taking the cluster to 11
Read moreA nurse and a police officer working at a Melbourne quarantine hotel have tested negative to coronavirus after initially returning positive preliminary COVID-19 tests. The positive preliminary saliva swabs led to 41 other workers at the Holiday Inn hotel on Flinders Street being stood down while they awaited their own
Read moreThe Australian Open faces another major disruption, with the owners of 36 penthouse apartments in The Westin Melbourne threatening to launch a legal challenge against a plan by Tennis Australia to use the exclusive hotel to quarantine hundreds of players. The apartment owners, some of whom live permanently in the
Read moreSkylar Mack, an 18-year-old college student from Georgia who was imprisoned after breaking the strict 14-day quarantine rule in the Cayman Islands, has received a reduced sentence. The Cayman Islands court heard her appeal on December 22 and lowered her sentence from four months to two months. Skylar Mack arrived at
Read moreQuarantine for arrivals to the UK is set to be slashed from 14 days after lockdown ends on December 2, Grant Shapps says Grant Shapps has signalled that quarantine is set to be cut after December 2 Transport Secretary says making ‘good progress’ and launch after lockdown Rapid mass testing
Read moreThe average American started to experience cabin fever after just two months in quarantine, according to new research. The study asked 2,000 Americans how they’ve been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and what they’re doing to stay active. After just seven weeks of spending time in isolation, half of those
Read moreVictoria’s hotel quarantine program was $24.3 million over budget by mid-June, with senior government officials attributing much of the blowout to the decision to use private security instead of Australian Defence Force personnel. Internal government emails tendered in evidence at the board of inquiry into hotel quarantine show the Victorian
Read moreGreece, Switzerland the Czech Republic are at risk of being added to the UK's quarantine list. The UK government has warned countries will be added if their new daily cases rise above 20 per 100,000 over a seven day period. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news
Read moreBorder rows and quarantine threats have put the English off visiting Scotland as tourism boss admits being ’embarrassed’ by protests Signs have been brandished at the Border saying ‘England – get out of Scotland’ VisitScotland’s Riddell Graham said it damaged ‘wellbeing’ of tourism industry He said Nicola Sturgeon ‘failed to
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