• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • DMCA
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
  • Login
NEWSLY
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLY
No Result
View All Result

’99 per cent’ of Victoria’s second wave cases can be linked to return travellers

Aussie Spirit by Aussie Spirit
August 18, 2020
in NEWS
2 min read
0
’99 per cent’ of Victoria’s second wave cases can be linked to return travellers
132
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

An inquiry into the COVID-19 hotel quarantine programme of Victoria has heard that nearly all cases of the second wave of the state originate from only two hotels.

The Doherty Institute ‘s genetic research shows that 99 per cent of the second wave cases have originate from two hotels in Melbourne, a survey of the quarantine debacle heard yesterday.

“Essentially all current cases bar a few are from those transmission networks and that cluster,” Professor Ben Howden of the Doherty Institute told the inquiry.

The investigation into the quarantine bungle, headed by former judge Jennifer Coate, investigates the COVID-19 outbreaks at the Rydges on Swanston Hotel and Stamford Plaza among staff and private security guards.

It has also heard reports of significant weaknesses in training given to guards consisting of a simple 30-minute training session, which experts claim has been more suited to raising consciousness of the general public than anyone who is struggling with the virus.

The inquiry is expected to expose lessons critical to prevent future COVID-19 waves for Victoria and the rest of the country.

The exact names of other witnesses who will be called will not have been made public yet, but will include those who set up hotel quarantine, the staff who worked in the hotels, as well as return travellers who have been stuck inside for two weeks.

Evidence from nurses, security guards, security managers, senior bureaucrats, and ministers is also set to be heard, and Premier Daniel Andrews has indicated that he is willing to speak to the inquiry if he is asked to do so.

The concerns come as Victoria is set to reboot its overseas travellers hotel quarantine programme.

“Our hope is that they are able to recommence that at some stage soon with very secure standards similar to those of the other states and territories,” Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
Share3Tweet
Previous Post

Delta’s Secret Health Battle

Next Post

Australian Man Escaped From Hotel Quarantine ‘To Visit Girlfriend on Birthday’

Aussie Spirit

Aussie Spirit

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terrms of Use
  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

© 2020 Australian-News.site - Australian News Delivered Differently

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • DMCA

© 2020 Australian-News.site - Australian News Delivered Differently

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In