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Latest news: Hotel quarantine

Traveller sparks new COVID fears in Queensland

Queensland is dealing with another mystery case of COVID-19 as police put the squeeze on an infected pair accused of lying about their movements.

Queensland premier quarantining in ‘modest’ room

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is quarantining in a "modest" hotel room and not a three-room suite, police say.

Man escapes WA quarantine using bedsheets

In one of the most daring escapes from hotel quarantine seen in Australia so far, a man tied bedsheets together to shimmy down a building.

Overseas travellers to quarantine at ANU

Government officials returning from overseas are in quarantine at a vacant residential accommodation complex at ANU for 14 days from 21 July.

Woman kicks down door, escapes hotel quarantine in Qld

A woman is facing criminal charges after kicking down a door to break out of hotel quarantine in far north Queensland.

Hotel quarantine causes 1 outbreak for every 204 infected travellers. It’s far from ‘fit for purpose’

With Melbourne under lockdown for another seven days, the consequences of Australia’s inefficient hotel quarantine system continue.

COVID-19 viral fragments detected in City wastewater

Fragments of COVID-19 detected in a wastewater (sewage) sample collected from the City Central testing location on 9 March are most likely related to known cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine, ACT...

Fifth active case of COVID-19 in ACT hotel quarantine

The ACT has a new positive COVID-19 case: a teenage boy, ACT Health confirmed this afternoon, bringing the number of active cases to five.

Two new cases of COVID in hotel quarantine

The ACT has recorded two new cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to four.

ACT Government ‘pleased’ to welcome returning Australians

Around 160 Australians will arrive in Canberra on a repatriation flight from Chennai, India today, ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said, although the exact number will only be known upon landing as...

The end of WA’s COVID-19 dream run raises questions about hotel quarantine

ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman is confident ACT's COVID-19 hotel quarantine system is safe, and says it differs from the system in WA.

Safely home via Singapore: 120 Aussies repatriated in Canberra

A hundred metres of blazing sunlight and an asphalt pavement may be their only contact with the Australian outdoors for the next fortnight – but 120 passengers have safely returned from overseas.

Josh Tonna’s marathon effort for Lifeline

Queanbeyan Muay Thai fighter Josh Tonna is easing the pain of his recent loss in Singapore by walking 42 kilometres a day in hotel quarantine in Sydney, while raising money for Lifeline...

‘Human error’ leads to Melbourne chef’s ‘scarily lax’ ACT hotel quarantine

Formerly Melbourne-based chef Mark Glenn has detailed his “scarily lax” Canberra hotel quarantine experience while moving from Melbourne.

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