Chief health officers from across Australia did not formally endorse the hotel quarantine program before the PM announced it, an inquiry into Victoria’s ill-fated scheme has heard. coronavirus COVID19 COVID19Vic covid19victoria
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton identified considerable risk to the health and safety of detainees in Victoria's hotel quarantine system just two weeks after it began, he has told an inquiry into the botched handling of the scheme.
Dr Romanes requested an urgent governance review of the program and said the program needed a clear leader and direct line of accountability to the deputy chief health officer. "As discussed, prior to national cabinet's [announcement] on March 26, 2020, the AHPPC did not endorse the idea of quarantining travellers at hotels ," Professor Sutton's statement reads.
The inquiry heard the AHPPC met following the announcement, but there was "still no agreement or resolution to advise to that effect".Professor Sutton replied: "Yes."The inquiry also heard that at least one returned traveller left hotel quarantine while infected with COVID-19 and passed it on to the person who drove them home.
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