NSW Opposition Wants Hotel Quarantine System Improved

Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel entrance at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 19, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

The New South Wales opposition wants the state government to give hotel quarantine security staff full-time jobs to avoid a Victorian-style outbreak.

A second security guard who worked at the Marriott Hotel in Sydney has tested positive for COVID-19 after a week-long testing blitz on contacts of the first, who tested positive on Aug. 14.