Victoria and New South Wales have adopted a mandatory Day 16 COVID-19 test for returned travellers after they leave their 14-day hotel quarantine stay, Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout on track for the end of February, with the first Pfizer doses to arrive in coming weeks, Foreign Minister Marise Payne denies Australia is interfering in the case of Australian journalist Cheng Lei.
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Victoria has recorded another COVID-19 case linked to the state's hotel quarantine program.
It is the third case in three days linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport.
The individual tested negative a number of times during her quarantine stay and left the facility on the 7th of February.
She sought testing in response to the current outbreak at the Holiday Inn and returned a positive result on 9 February.






