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Hotel quarantine breaches reported as COVID-19 death toll rises

A bus carrying overseas returned travellers departs a hotal quarantine location, the Swissotel in Sydney.

A bus carrying overseas returned travellers departs a hotal quarantine location, the Swissotel in Sydney. Source: AAP

An inquiry into Victoria's hotel quarantine failures is told 99 per cent of current COVID-19 cases in the state can be traced to two hotels, as breaches are reported in other states.


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