Strong case made for quarantine facilities outside cities

An epidemiologist says there's a strong case for Australia to build quarantine centres outside the major cities that are modelled on the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory.

Howard Springs'deki tesis. Source: AAP

 

Professor Michael Toole from the Burnet Institute says with rising case numbers overseas, Australia is likely to need supervised quarantine until 2023.

 

He says single storey cabins with separate air conditioning systems and outdoor verandas are much safer than the existing quarantine hotels.