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Several infection control experts believe the more tightly fitting P2 or N95 masks should be subsidised or made free by the government.

Several infection control experts believe the more tightly fitting P2 or N95 masks should be subsidised or made free by the government.

Several infection control experts believe the more tightly fitting P2 or N95 masks should be subsidised or made free by the government.

‘Dramatic decrease in risk’: Air purifiers placed in quarantine hotels We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Air purifiers have been quietly introduced throughout Victoria’s quarantine hotels in the hope the modest measure could drastically reduce the risk of coronavirus leaking from the rooms of infected guests. The Sunday Age can reveal the portable machines, which remove virus particles from...

CALL TO END THE HOTEL QUARANTINE ERA Amid the regular leaks from hotel quarantine – including similar recent cases of guest-to-guest transmission in NSW – there is growing urgency in calls to establish dedicated quarantine stations similar to Howards Springs in the Northern Territory as a safer form of housing returned travellers. Australian Medical Association national president Omar Khorshid said he had concerns about infection control in all of Australia’s quarantine hotels, with th...

Infectious COVID-19 variants could be fuelling hotel quarantine leaks We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Highly infectious variants of coronavirus could be fuelling more frequent leaks from hotel quarantine across Australia, scientists warn, after three new cases in a week connected with Victoria’s isolation program. The latest person to test positive for the virus – a woman in her early 50s â€...