Victorian hotel quarantine chief Emma Cassar stands by statement her team was not told about nebuliser

The head of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria, Emma Cassar, says there is “no evidence” that a guest at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn told her team he had the nebuliser that has been blamed for the current coronavirus outbreak.

The state’s health authorities have maintained that the nebuliser, a medical device which vaporises medicine, was used by a quarantine hotel guest without the knowledge of the quarantine system’s managers.

However, the man, who has remained anonymous, reportedly told The Age that he had been given permission on two occasions to use the device.

Ms Cassar stood by the health authority’s account at a press conference this afternoon.

“I can categorically say that there is no evidence from our audit that he has raised this…