Travellers at Victorian coronavirus quarantine hotel, Holiday Inn Flinders Lane, transferred after water damage

Residents at a quarantine hotel specifically for COVID-positive patients in Melbourne’s CBD will be transferred to another facility after water damage over the weekend.

Four floors of the Holiday Inn “health hotel” on Flinders Lane were damaged on Saturday when a sprinkler system was activated without a fire occurring.

Residents at the hotel will be transferred to an alternative health hotel, the Pullman Albert Park Hotel, while repairs for the damage are completed, COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria (CQV) confirmed.

The evacuation is unrelated to the outbreak linked to the Holiday Inn hotel at Melbourne Airport.

“After a review of the available options, the Pullman Albert Park Hotel was assessed by ventilation experts and determined as the most…