Lockdown ‘probably’ would be avoided under Qld quarantine proposal: Miles

“I think one thing we can say is that Victoria probably wouldn’t be going into this kind of lockdown if there was dedicated national quarantine facilities,” he said.

“What we have been saying for some time is that this new strain is more dangerous in hotel settings. And if you look at the three instances, or three recent instances, but particularly this instance now in Melbourne, we’ve been saying for some time that hotel hallways are not designed for infection control.”

Mr Miles said moving quarantine out of hotels would also separate it from the largely casual workers who often had to…