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Experts call on Federal Government to acknowledge possible airborne transmission of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine
Failure at a federal level to acknowledge COVID-19 is transmitted through the air has been putting the community at risk, senior scientists, health and safety experts and doctors have told the ABC.
Key points:
- The ICEG will be updating its advice on the airborne nature of COVID-19
- Senior atmospheric and aerosol scientists say there is no doubt COVID-19 is transmitted through the air
- Breaches in Australia’s hotel quarantine system have led to at least three community outbreaks
Leading scientists said the virus could be leaking through our border controls because authorities have not put in place precautions that provide the greatest possible protection from airborne transmission.
In recent days, the Federal Government’s health advisors have…
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