Health officials beg for hotel quarantine to be upgraded but Paul Kelly insists it is fit for purpose
Experts call on federal advisory group to reflect importance of airborne spread, as WA asks commonwealth to repurpose immigration detention facilities and airbases
Australia’s chief medical officer, Prof Paul Kelly, has said the country’s hotel quarantine system is fit for purpose and has been “very successful” – but he admits improvements could always be made.
Kelly was questioned on Tuesday night by a parliamentary committee examining the federal government’s handling of Covid-19. He was quizzed about the hotel quarantine system following the most recent leak of the virus into the community in Perth.
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