243 travellers who were in Victoria's hotel quarantine program are being urged to get tested for HIV and Hepatitis B & C after it was revealed single-use blood glucose testing kits were used on multiple people. 9News
And President of the Australian Medical Association , Dr Omar Khorshid, told Today the incident was another blunder in the flawed hotel quarantine program.He said the incident had lessons for the rest of the country.
Shadow Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten told Today he was concerned for the affected hotel guests."It must be really stressful and worrying for the people who have gone through this, " Mr Shorten, Shadow Minister for Government Services, said."This pin-prick test issue is a timely reminder not we only do we have new viruses like COVID to deal with, we have to keep our guard up against the old nasties we know about.
There will be no witnesses but inquiry chair Jennifer Coate is expected to address new information that's come to light in regards to the Chief Health Officer.
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