The Victorian government has tweaked its hotel quarantine program to prevent potential transmission of COVID-19 through the air and get the program as close to “perfect” as possible, but leading scientists say new mask rules do not go far enough.
A quarantine worker at the Grand Hyatt tested positive.Credit:Paul Jeffers
As the state on Saturday recorded no new cases of COVID-19 either in the community or hotel quarantine, the government announced large families staying in hotels would have empty “buffer” rooms around them and workers would be subject to tighter PPE rules.
The changes came as the government confirmed Australian Open spectators would need to wear masks inside stadiums with a closed roof, despite all primary close contacts of Victoria’s only recent locally transmitted case testing negative.
The three main Australian Open stadiums, including Rod Laver Arena, have retractable roofs but the courts that host less high-profile matches do not.
