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Canberra’s coronavirus hotel quarantine security breached by man delivering food to guest, police say
A delivery worker who brought food to recently returned international travellers unwittingly breached the stringent security set up at Canberra’s coronavirus quarantine hotel, police say.
Key points:
- The food-delivery driver used to work at the hotel, and used an alternative entrance to get inside
- Federal police and the military had been responsible for securing the premises
- All travellers at the hotel have tested negative for COVID-19 and were free to leave today
About 120 travellers had been staying at the Pacific Suites hotel in Braddon while undergoing a compulsory two-week period of isolation.
The travellers, who arrived from overseas on a special flight last month, completed their quarantine at the hotel today after testing negative for…
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