Melbourne on high alert as another hotel quarantine worker tests positive for coronavirus

A quarantine worker at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn has tested positive for COVID-19, days after another worker contracted the virus at a different hotel.

Medical staff work at a COVID-19 pop-up testing centre in South Melbourne Source: AAP

A second hotel quarantine worker has tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne, days after another worker contracted the virus while working at a different hotel.

Victorian health authorities announced the new case at midnight after the woman, who worked as an authorised officer at Melbourne Airport's Holiday Inn, returned a positive test after developing symptoms on Sunday.

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