WA government knew of 'high-risk' hotel quarantine dangers weeks before Perth lockdown

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WA's health department was warned in March about 'high-risk' ventilation issues at the Mercure Hotel — the quarantine hotel at the centre of Perth's coronavirus outbreak.

y, and the Novotel Langley, were also classed as "high risk" of possible COVID-19 transmission.

received advice from WA's Chief Health Officer that the Mercure should no longer be used for housing high-risk returning Australians.A man from India, who arrived in WA on April 10, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 13, and his wife tested positive two days later. WA Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson has defended the handling of quarantine practices at the Mercure.

 

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Just to be perfectly clear. Hotel's do not have the required AHU systems to produce negative room pressures. It is not something you can simply change. Every State in Aus knows they are high risk which is why they want dedicated facilities. Stop blaming states auspol

Was very ordinary admittedly but what was far far far worse was continuing to let people from India in after end of match. Their numbers were staggeringly bad then

The blame game changes nothing. There is no rule book to follow in this pandemic. Federal and State govts need to work together to ensure the facility chosen can do the job required and share the cost to get it to the standard to do the job!!!

And Lord Mark of Rockingham did what? Sweet nothing but blame the feds. Change the record , you won the election by LOTS! Time to do something other than rely on China ( iron ore) and blaming everyone else.

They literally all did.

Most of the state governments have been speaking about these dangers for months; hotels aren’t designed for this. 🙄

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