Vic Quarantine Hotels Pass Strict Tests for the Australian Open

Vic Quarantine Hotels Pass Strict Tests for the Australian Open
Victorian Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Jacinta Allan speaks to the media on June 23, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Government officials have promised disgruntled owners that any residential locations used to quarantine hundreds of Australian Open players will be as safe as houses against COVID-19.

The Westin Melbourne in Collins Street has been identified as one of the hotels slated to host the world’s premier players and their entourages for the mandatory 14-day quarantine period from Jan. 17-31.