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Gold Coast quarantine guest allegedly stopped at 7-Eleven on return to hotel
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A hotel quarantine guest on their way back from hospital to their accommodation in a Queensland Health-approved taxi ride allegedly stopped at a 7-Eleven service station on the way, breaching regulations.
A police investigation is under way and the incident occurred before Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young ordered hotel quarantine guests must travel to and from hospital in an ambulance.
The allegation is that a quarantine guest on the Gold Coast was being taken from hospital to their government-mandated hotel in a taxi, when it stopped at a 7-Eleven service station.
Man visited 7-Eleven on return to quarantine hotel Police will investigate a breach of hotel quarantine after a man returning from hospital in a taxi visited a convenience store.
Health by Janelle Miles
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Subscriber only A COVID-19 quarantine breach has been referred to police for investigation after a man visited a convenience store on the taxi ride back to his hotel following treatment at a hospital emergency department. The Courier-Mail understands the man began his mandatory 14 days quarantine at the Voco Hotel, in Surfers Paradise, on Boxing Day, after flying in from Dubai. On January 3, an ambulance was called for a non-COVID-19 related medical issue while the man was still in hotel quarantine and he was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital s emergency department for treatment.
Gold Coast quarantine guest allegedly stopped at 7-Eleven on return to hotel
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A hotel quarantine guest on their way back from hospital to their accommodation in a Queensland Health-approved taxi ride allegedly stopped at a 7-Eleven service station on the way, breaching regulations.
A police investigation is under way and the incident occurred before Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young ordered hotel quarantine guests must travel to and from hospital in an ambulance.
The allegation is that a quarantine guest on the Gold Coast was being taken from hospital to their government-mandated hotel in a taxi, when it stopped at a 7-Eleven service station.