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Victoria’s hotel quarantine system to resume under a new agency run by Corrections Commissioner Emma Cassar
Victoria’s Government will establish a dedicated agency to run the state’s hotel quarantine system, which will resume when international flights into Melbourne return next month.
The new agency, to be known as COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria (CQV), will be overseen by Corrections Commissioner Emma Cassar.
Under the revamped hotel quarantine system, all staff will be exclusively employed or contracted by the new agency, and cleaners will only work at one site.
Staff will be tested for coronavirus daily, and their households will also undergo regular testing.
Victoria Police will take a lead role in supervision and enforcement of hotel quarantine, and will be supported by Australian Defence Force personnel.
No private security will be employed to…
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