Hundreds isolate in Melbourne after new virus case but Australian Open set to go ahead

Thursday February 04, 2021

Hundreds of Victorians, as well as Australian Open players and officials, are self-isolating after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive to COVID-19 but organisers insist the Grand Slam tournament will go ahead as planned on Monday.

Tennis players and officials wait in line to receive covid19 tests at the View Hotel in Melbourne (AAP Image/James Ross)

The 26-year-old man from Noble Park in the city’s southeast returned a positive test on Wednesday, five days after he completed his last shift as a resident support officer at the Grand Hyatt hotel, as…

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