Victoria Aims to Step Up Hotel Quarantine Program

Victoria Aims to Step Up Hotel Quarantine Program
Local officials (L) in protective gear help with baggage as Australian residents (R) arrive at a hotel in Adelaide for mandatory 14-day quarantine after returning from overseas on April 21, 2020. Brenton EDWARDS / AFP via Getty Images
Alex Joseph
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The Victorian government will bolster its hotel quarantine program with the addition of more hotels and a senior manager as it prepares to facilitate more overseas travellers.

The move comes after the Victorian government initiated new quarantine measures for flight crews, and interstate returnees who are returning from COVID-19 hotspots in Australia. Currently, the hotel quarantine program, which restarted early December, has been operating at only half its capacity.