Almost all of Victoria's second wave of Covid-19 cases can be traced back to overseas travellers in two hotels, an inquiry into the quarantine programme has heard. He said the Rydges hotel outbreak started with a family of four who returned from overseas on May 9. Having analysed the genomic sequencing of 5395 active cases, Dr Alpren said 3594 could be linked to the Rydges hotel. "It is likely that a high proportion, approximately 99 percent of current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have arisen from Rydges or Stamford," Dr Alpren said. In late May, when the virus first broke out of hotel quarantine, 19 people in Victoria had died from Covid-19.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 18, 2020 02:03 UTC