Calls for asylum seekers to be freed from detention after Melbourne guard tests positive for Covid
by Josh Taylor from on (#5P70K)
Jeroen Wiemar downplayed the potential for spread at the Broadmeadows facility but advocates fear serious outbreak
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Asylum seeker advocates are calling for people held in immigration detention to be released into the community after Victorian health officials revealed a guard at a facility in Melbourne had tested positive for Covid-19.
Victoria's Covid commander, Jeroen Wiemar, on Sunday confirmed at least one coronavirus case at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accomodation centre in Broadmeadows in Melbourne's north.
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