Patient zero for Victoria's second wave was not a security guard but a hotel night manager who probably caught it from a guest ...a considerable effort was then made to contain the spread of the infection.
Seven security guards contracted to patrol the hotel were stood down immediately and told to get tested and go home to isolate. But it was too late.
Five of the original seven guards, all from contractor Unified Security, soon returned positive COVID-19 tests. They spread the disease to their families in the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne... theage.com.au/national/victo…
"The suggestion that security guards ever had responsibility for infection control is one of the biggest myths of this debate," a source closely involved in the hotel quarantine program said. Richard Baker, The Age.
@threadreaderapp Unrollio please
