Nearly all coronavirus now in Victoria may have link to hotel quarantine, inquiry told

Inquiry to hear from government, hotels and private security providers, with first public evidence on 6 August

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Government decision makers, departments, hotel operators and private security operators are on notice they will be expected to give evidence to the Victorian inquiry into the coronavirus hotel quarantine management, as the inquiry hears nearly all current cases in Victoria could be linked to hotel outbreaks.

The inquiry was launched by the state government after it was revealed that protocol breaches by security guards overseeing hotel quarantine had led to outbreaks in Victoria.