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Health authorities in Victoria suspect the Delta variant of COVID-19 which was first detected in India somehow leaked into the community through a man who completed hotel quarantine in May.

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Health authorities in Victoria suspect the Delta variant of COVID-19 which was first detected in India somehow leaked into the community through a man who completed hotel quarantine in May.

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