Health
Patient zero for Victoria’s second wave was not a security guard – The Age
Leaked emails show the infection that started the COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria came from a staff member in hotel quarantine.
An email headed “Hotel staff member status and exposure to staff” reported on May 26 that the night manager himself was “now isolating at Rydges” and “feeling as well as can be expected”.
But it was too late. Five of the original seven guards, all from contractor Unified Security, soon returned positive COVID-19 tests. They spread the disease to their families in the northern and western suburbs of Melbourne, helping seed a second wave that has infected 15,863 Victorians, including 7866 active …
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