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Victoria records five new Covid cases as official says Delta variant likely leak from hotel quarantine
New variant probably came through an importation from overseas via hotel quarantine, infectious diseases expert says
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A senior public health official says her “strong hypothesis” is that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus that caused a second outbreak in Melbourne was caused by a hotel quarantine leak.
Victoria reported five new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday from 36,362 tests on day nine of Melbourne’s fourth lockdown, including two cases linked to the so-called Delta variant – which emerged in India during its devastating outbreak.
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