Dayoff test move mulled

Melbourne: Victorian authorities are looking to make Covid19 testing compulsory for hotel quarantine workers on their days off, after a second worker contracted the virus in less than a week.

The woman, aged in her early 50s, tested positive on Sunday after she completed a shift at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport.

Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville, who is responsible for the state’s quarantine programme, said the woman did not appear to have breached any infection control protocols.

About 80 hotel quarantine staff, 12 Australian Defence Force members and nine police officers who worked with the woman have been tested and are required to selfisolate for 14 days. Another 15 close contacts have also been identified. — AAP