Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry calls for police to be on site 24 hours a day
by Josh Taylor from on (#5A107)
A single government department should take charge of the program to ensure clear lines of responsibility, interim report says
When hotel quarantine resumes in Victoria, police should be on site 24 hours a day and infection control experts should be embedded" in each facility, an inquiry set up to examine the system's previous failings has recommended.
The inquiry's interim report, released on Friday, also suggests all staff working in quarantine hotels should be properly paid with terms and conditions that address the possible need to self-isolate in the event of an infection or possible infection" of coronavirus.
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