Returned traveller transferred to ICU as genomic testing shows hotel quarantine worker has UK variant

A returned traveller in Victoria has been transferred to intensive care after being infected with COVID-19 as authorities confirm the recently infected hotel quarantine worker has the UK variant.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews Source: AAP

A person in hotel quarantine in Victoria infected with coronavirus has been transferred to intensive care.

Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday the person was a returned traveller, not a community case.

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