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Family given days of conflicting COVID-19 advice from Victorian officials after Perth lockdown
Victoria’s health department is again under fire for repeatedly giving contradictory quarantine advice to a Melbourne family caught up in the Perth COVID-19 case.
Key points:
- A family was for days told conflicting information about how they should respond to potential coronavirus exposure
- Mignon Stewart ended up in hotel quarantine five days after being on a flight with a man who later tested positive to COVID-19
- Ms Stewart says health authorities’ handling of the situation has been “farcical”
Former ABC journalist Mignon Stewart was one of more than 250 passengers on Flight QF778 from Perth to Melbourne last Wednesday with a man who later tested positive to COVID-19.
Mrs Stewart is now in hotel quarantine, but how she ended up there is a…
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