What we know about Victoria’s new COVID-19 hotel quarantine cases

Hotel quarantine is once again a cause for concern in Victoria with a case of COVID-19 confirmed in a hotel quarantine worker linked to the Australian Open, and transmission of COVID-19 between different rooms in a separate quarantine hotel.

Late on Wednesday night the Department of Health and Human Services announced a 26-year-old Australian Open quarantine support worker had returned a positive test result after working at the Grand Hyatt.

That case prompted Premier Daniel Andrews to announce new COVID-19 restrictions in the state,

Earlier on Wednesday health officials said the virus appeared to have spread from one hotel quarantine room to another at the Park Royal Hotel.

So what do we know about the news cases? And what does it mean for…