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International traveller bypassed Victoria’s coronavirus hotel quarantine after communication error
A passenger who travelled to Melbourne from the United States via Sydney in September bypassed quarantine procedures in place at the time.
Key points:
- The traveller was allowed to enter Victoria on compassionate grounds
- DHHS did not have the passenger’s flight details and did not meet them at the airport
- The Opposition says the Government should be more open about failures in the system
The traveller was allowed to enter Victoria on compassionate grounds to visit a sick relative but was not met by Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) staff at Melbourne Airport.
They travelled directly to a relative’s home after arriving in Melbourne, and later alerted DHHS that they had arrived in the state.
DHHS did not have confirmation of the…
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