Category: hotel quarantine

South Australia Opens Dedicated CCP Virus Quarantine Hotel

The South Australian (SA) government has taken over a new hotel in the heart of Adelaide as a special CCP virus facility for people who test positive to the novel coronavirus. The government will continue quarantining returning Australians in hotels, but anyone confirmed to have the virus will be shuttled to Tom’s Court Hotel in…


Mandatory Hotel Quarantines Could Harm Lower Income Canadians: Lawyer

OTTAWA—The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa’s move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citizens’ mobility rights. Cara Zwibel, a lawyer who heads the organization’s fundamental freedoms program, is calling on the federal government to produce any evidence that returning passengers are breaching the…


Another Hotel Worker COVID Positive in Victoria

A hotel quarantine worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has tested positive to COVID-19. The woman tested positive on February 7 after she completed a shift as an authorised officer at the hotel, the Department of Health confirmed in an alert just before midnight. She had previously tested negative after a shift on…


UK to Begin Mandatory Hotel Quarantine to Fend Off CCP Virus Variants

The UK government confirmed on Friday that mandatory hotel quarantine will be introduced on Feb. 15 for all passengers arriving from hotspots of CCP virus variants. From Feb. 15, anyone travelling to the UK from a country on the UK’s travel ban list will be required to quarantine in a government-approved facility for a period…


Quarantine Worker Infected at Hotel for Australian Open Players, Restrictions Tighten

New restrictions have been imposed in Victoria after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, on Wednesday. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that restrictions on gatherings would be reduced to 15, wearing masks indoor will be mandatory again, and planned increases to the number of employees returning…


The Victorian Government Spent $7.7M on Inquiry Lawyers

The Victorian government spent more on lawyers representing them at the hotel quarantine inquiry than it did on the entire probe. The inquiry, led by retired judge Jennifer Coate, cost a total of $4.8 million but was unable to identify a single person responsible for the fatal decision to use private security guards in hotels….


Victorian Government Spent $7.7 Million on Inquiry Lawyers

The Victorian government spent more on lawyers representing them at the hotel quarantine inquiry than it did on the entire probe. The inquiry, led by retired judge Jennifer Coate, cost a total of $4.8 million but was unable to identify a single person responsible for the fatal decision to use private security guards in hotels….


Tennis Player Badosa Felt ‘Abandoned’ by Australian Open Organisers

Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa has described her time in hotel quarantine as the worst experience of her career, saying she felt “abandoned” by Australian Open organisers. Badosa, ranked 67th in the world, was the first player to test positive for coronavirus upon arriving in Australia ahead of the tournament and she has been in…


Spaniard Sorry for Comparing Hotel to Jail

Spanish world No.13 Roberto Bautista Agut has apologised after he compared his Australian Open hotel quarantine experience to prison. Bautista Agut criticised the Victorian government’s quarantine requirements in an interview with Israel’s Sport 5 television station, saying the lockdown was like being in “jail”. “It’s the same (as being in prison), but with WiFi,” the…


Australian Open Hit by Third Virus-Infected Plane, 72 Players Now in Isolation

The Australian Open has been hit by another setback as a fifth person tested positive for coronavirus, forcing 25 more players into hotel quarantine. A total of 72 players are now isolating in their hotel rooms ahead of the tournament. The fifth person tested positive on the night of January 17 and they were on…