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It started with a family of four: Rydges seeded 90% of Victoria’s second-wave COVID cases – The Age
The Rydges hotel outbreak started with a family of four who returned from overseas in May and can be linked to 90 per cent of Victoria’s second-wave cases.
Monday’s hearings heard that returned travellers, quarantined the Rydges on Swanston and Stamford Plaza, were the source of more than 99 per cent of the state’s current COVID-19 cases.
But the DHHS specialist provided more detail on Tuesday morning about how the outbreaks, which have forced Melbourne into a strict stage four lockdown and claimed dozens of lives, spread from returned travellers, via hotel workers and security guards and into the community.
Dr Alpren said the Rydges hotel outbre…
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