Health
Victoria’s coronavirus crisis traced back to seven returned travellers, hotel quarantine inquiry told – ABC News
About 90 per cent of Victoria’s current coronavirus cases can be linked to a family of four who stayed at the Rydges on Swanston hotel in Melbourne, according to evidence heard at an inquiry probing the failures of the state’s hotel quarantine program.

Ninety per cent of Victoria’s current coronavirus cases can be traced back to a family of four that returned to Australia and stayed in Melbourne’s Rydges on Swanston hotel, according to a key witness at the state’s hotel quarantine inquiry.
Key points:
- A family of four displayed symptoms before workers at Rydges were infected
- 90 per cent of current cases in Victoria can be traced back to this outbreak
- Two smaller, separate outbreaks occurred at the Stamford Hotel
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