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‘It’s like a cruise ship in here’: Asylum seekers ‘terrified’ after COVID-19 infection in Melbourne detention hotel – SBS News
A worker at a hotel in Melbourne housing asylum seekers has tested positive to COVID-19.
Asylum seekers being held in Melbourne’s Mantra Hotel are “terrified” after a staff member working there tested positive for COVID-19.
On Monday, the Home Affairs Department confirmed to SBS News a worker at the Preston hotel tested positive on 8 July after developing symptoms the day before.
A spokesperson for the department said the individual had not worked at the detention facility since 4 July and did not display symptoms for several days after.
Asylum seekers at the hotel were given the news on Sunday.
“Everyone is panicking … It’s like a cruise ship in here. If anyone catches this virus, all of us could get it,” asylum seeker Mostafa Azimitabar told SBS News.
Mr Azimitabar said he was only given very limited information about the new case and what will be done.
“The nurse told us how to wash our hands. We said, we are not children, we know how to wash our hands,” he said.
“The problem is that they have brought the virus inside this place … It’s impossible to practise social distancing
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