NSW Government reconsiders length of hotel quarantine in response to threat of UK coronavirus strain

As more cases of COVID-19 appear in hotel quarantine, the NSW Government warns the standard isolation period may not be long enough for some returned travellers.

The UK strain of coronavirus recently leaked out of a quarantine hotel in Brisbane, forcing the city into a snap three-day lockdown.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian now says returned travellers may have to quarantine beyond usual 14 days if they start getting symptoms during that time.

Who will have to quarantine longer than 14 days?

At the moment only returning travellers who test positive for the UK strain or other overseas variants that are more contagious than the one which is currently dominant in Australia.

“We’re still picking up cases in those last days of being in…