Pressure on Victoria After Quarantine Failure

Pop-up Covid-19 testing tent during a COVID-19 testing blitz in the suburb of Broadmeadows in Melbourne, Australia on June 28, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

As swathes of Melbourne enter a third day of new coronavirus lockdowns, the Victorian government is under pressure over the faulty hotel quarantine program.

Premier Daniel Andrews on July 3 took responsibility for the infection protocol breaches in hotels hosting returned travellers.