Charges Against State Health Department Over COVID-19 Quarantine Problems Dropped

Evidence of health department employees was found to be inadmissible in court because it had been used in another hearing.

A person closes the curtains in a room at a government-authorized COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Richmond, B.C., on Feb. 28, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

COVID-19 hotel quarantine charges against the Victorian Department of Health have been dropped amid a major loophole.

Victorian prosecutors dropped charges after the evidence of 10 key health department witnesses was ruled inadmissible.