Four hours after arriving at the second hotel, he said, he was contacted by staff who said, after consultation with infectious disease experts at Alfred hospital, that the use of the nebuliser was not permitted in the hotel. They instead provided him with a spacer, which he said “helped a lot”.
On Wednesday, Victorian authorities said it was believed a small number of hotel quarantine workers and former guests who were staying on the same floor breathed in aerosolised particles of the virus created by the use of the nebuliser on 3 and 4 February. There is no suggestion the man knew he was not allowed to use the machine, which is required to deliver medication.