I find it interesting there’s so much fuss about linen being stored in bins in a secure carpark (can the virus be transmitted in air from linen -
Plus the 2 facilities (HQ hotel and the adjacent appartments) shared a stairwell etc. Now, hotels for quarantine isn't a perfect scheme but there are things you can do to make them less suceptable to breaches, perhaps
especially in Vic, where they've been through so much and had an investigation into the lask major outbreak from HQ breaches and the current situation was meant to be top notch as a result.
To me, it isn't that the linen was bagged and roped off - its that it shouldn't be in a shared area at all; it's an
avoidable risk point. What happens if some bags are nicked? Unlikely to get a virus spread but the kerfuffle would use up yet more resources, at least.
I'm sympathetic to those running HQ and +99% of the time there is no drama, but given the consequences of just one case escaping, stuff like this is surprising, at the least.
... and I don't think we've mentioned
Maitu Bush, described as general manager of Victoria’s COVID-19 Quarantine Infection Prevention and Control, who got suspended or stood aside for refusing COVID tests and
breaching infection control protocols. Also reported as having been found to have put onto the payroll a couple of gym mates, not qualified, at $100K ea. Stuff like that can and probably is happening elsewhere, but again, disappointing that the media can expose these types of things.
This article from the Oz on-line (probably pay-walled, sorry) details a number of HQ breaches since January this year:
www.theaustralian.com.au