Australian Open on alert as 2nd resort employee assessments optimistic for Covid-19

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES A spectator is seen sporting a masks in Rod Laver Arena forward throughout day one of many 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
A second resort quarantine employee examined optimistic for Covid-19 in Melbourne on Monday, the identical day the Australian Open (AO) was scheduled to start.
Last Wednesday, a quarantine employee at one of many lodges straight linked to the Australian Open had additionally examined optimistic, forcing the cancellation of a day’s play at lead-in occasions, experiences Xinhua information company.

Tournament Director Craig Tilley stated that he was assured the occasion might go forward safely regardless of Monday’s case.
“We’ve been preparing this for over a year, it will be one of the safest places to be through the health screening that we are doing,” Tilley instructed Channel Nine.

Victoria State officers stated the most recent case was employed at Melbourne Airport’s Holiday Inn and examined damaging on February 4 earlier than returning to work on February 7 the place they developed signs and returned a optimistic outcome.
Several venues in Melbourne have been named as being attended by the employee whereas probably infectious with officers launching a full public well being response.
“We are contacting Holiday Inn Airport workers and others who are considered primary close contacts. They are required to immediately isolate, get tested and remain isolated for 14 days,” the Victorian Government Department of Health stated in a press release.
In response to the primary resort employee testing optimistic, Victoria reintroduced Covid-19 containment measures, together with mandating face masks indoors and lowering the variety of guests allowed in properties to fifteen.