The Victorian outbreak stemmed from one person who contracted one of the new variants of Covid-19 while in hotel quarantine in Adelaide. From late 2020, much-improved contact tracing systems developed by the states and territories were able to contain multiple breakouts from hotel quarantine. The potential risk of the Victorian outbreak is now compounded by the failures of the vaccine rollout. The Victorian outbreak will be contained with hopefully the minimum disruption to the health and lives of Victorians. But it should mark the end of the hotel quarantine system and its replacement by purpose-built new facilities.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2021 07:40 UTC