[Thread] #Covid19 #Quarantine hotel breaches & cross infection of guests & staff due to weak points in:
-choice of buildings
-transportation
-staffing & security
-inadequate precautions for airborne spread 1/
‘ #ventilation to be re-examined by experts given possibility of #aerosol transmission in this case & in earlier case, where a family in hotel #quarantine & a person staying across corridor had contracted the same variant of the virus’ #Covid19 2/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-04/victoria-coronavirus-cases-mask-rules-tighten-in-quarantine/13123194
Victoria records zero locally acquired coronavirus cases

No new COVID-19 cases have been linked to a Victorian hotel quarantine worker who contracted the virus as the state records three infections in hotel quarantine.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-04/victoria-coronavirus-cases-mask-rules-tighten-in-quarantine/13123194
#ventilation expert unsurprised by #COVID19 infections linked to quarantine

“quick wins by limiting recirculation, increasing air flows & filters.. increasing air dilutes the risk of airborne infectious diseases being carried from room to room” 3/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124075955/ventilation-expert-unsurprised-by-covid-infections-linked-to-quarantine
Ventilation expert unsurprised by Covid infections linked to quarantine

Ventilation should be being reviewed in MIQ, says expert.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124075955/ventilation-expert-unsurprised-by-covid-infections-linked-to-quarantine
“Hotel #ventilation linked to coronavirus cluster”

“At no time did security guard go into people's room & at no time did any of guests come out"

"ventilation in hotel corridors is not particularly good” 4/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/ventilation-system-may-have-caused-hotel-quarantine-transmission/12984280
Medi-hotel ventilation linked to coronavirus cluster that plunged SA into lockdown

South Australia's public health chief says poor ventilation, not security breaches, at an Adelaide quarantine hotel may have triggered the coronavirus cluster that sent the state into lockdown last...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/ventilation-system-may-have-caused-hotel-quarantine-transmission/12984280
“poor #ventilation & double-bunking helped spread Covid... with poor ventilation in corridors, factors all added up to being conducive to inhalation of #Covid19 aerosols” 5/ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124026191/poor-ventilation-and-doublebunking-led-to-health-workers-contracting-covid19
Poor ventilation and double-bunking led to health workers contracting Covid-19

The quick action of a Christchurch health worker prevented a wider Covid-19 outbreak in the city late last year, according to information in a new report.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124026191/poor-ventilation-and-doublebunking-led-to-health-workers-contracting-covid19
“poor #ventilation & PPE a recipe for disaster"

“concerns air conditioning in hotels could be to blame for outbreak”

“Air circulation goes around floor & between rooms.. if hall or rooms are being cleaned, odour of cleaning products is strong in room” 6/ https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-perth-lockdown-sheraton-four-points-guest-joins-warnings-on-hotel-air-ventilation/79d69e47-c82e-4e35-9731-690bcc875e17
Perth returned traveller warns conditions 'ripe for the spread'

https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-perth-lockdown-sheraton-four-points-guest-joins-warnings-on-hotel-air-ventilation/79d69e47-c82e-4e35-9731-690bcc875e17
“reviewed days of CCTV footage & infected person has been model employee, donning PPE, all protocols, all rules followed”

“leading occupational hygienist @kate_cole_ says no doubt that #aerosol transmission had role.. it’s not surprising this happened” 7/ https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/latest-hotel-quarantine-outbreak-raises-infection
newsGP - Another quarantine outbreak raises questions over airborne transmission

The newly-confirmed coronavirus case is a Melbourne hotel worker branded a ‘model employee’, who did not breach any infection control protocols. So how did he catch the virus?

https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/latest-hotel-quarantine-outbreak-raises-infection
“Coronavirus spread at hotel most likely #airborne transmission, experts warn”

“worker sweeping dust at factory would be wearing fit-tested respirator mask for just dust, but we have healthcare workers dealing with #COVID19 issued with surgical masks” 8/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-14/coronavirus-covid-hotel-grand-chancellor-airborne-transmission/13054652
Doctors warn of missing piece in Hotel Grand Chancellor investigation

A dozen doctors warn the Queensland Government that airborne transmission of the UK strain of coronavirus is "highly likely" to have occurred at Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor and that experts...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-14/coronavirus-covid-hotel-grand-chancellor-airborne-transmission/13054652
Excellent thread from @NjbBari3 on investigation of hotel #COVID19 spread 9/ https://twitter.com/njbbari3/status/1357690876886196224
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