Queensland to begin weekly testing of all staff who work in hotel quarantine, Chief Health Officer says

Staff who work in Queensland hotels that are used for COVID-19 quarantine will be tested for coronavirus on a weekly basis, the state’s Chief Health Officer has announced.

The State Government made the call after a cluster in South Australia was traced to a cleaner who worked at a medi-hotel in Adelaide’s CBD.

South Australia has gone into a six-day, hard lockdown to try to stop a second wave.

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the weekly testing of workers at quarantine hotels would begin next week.

“At this stage, we’re not letting hotel workers go into the room, so hopefully they’re not having contact,” Dr Young said.

“The highest risk is actually police.

“They don’t have to remain in isolation or…