Authorities in Melbourne have found 13 cases of a UK Covid-19 variant linked to a quarantine worker who became infected at a Holiday Inn property in the city, according to multiple reports. The state’s lockdown will run from Friday (12 February) until Wednesday (17 February).
The UK is due to introduce its own enforced hotel quarantine regime for arrivals from 33 “high risk” destinations on Monday (15 February), with the UK regulations set to be looser than in Australia.
Australian state goes into lockdown after Covid outbreak at quarantine hotel
Government
Rob Gill
12 February 2021
The state of Victoria in Australia has been forced to introduce a five-day “circuit breaker” lockdown due to an outbreak of Covid-19 cases stemming from its hotel quarantine regime.
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