Security firm with four full-time staff contracted to work at quarantine hotels

A security firm that had only four full-time staff was subcontracted to work at most of Melbourne's quarantine hotels.

The details emerged as the Department of Health and Human Services released a report on genomic data which showed the coronavirus outbreak at the Rydges Hotel, associated with almost all the cases in Victoria's second wave of outbreaks, evolved into 10 further genomic clusters following a "super spreading event".The hotel contracting arrangements are a focus of the inquiry because of allegations guards were recruited over WhatsApp and were provided with no training on COVID-19.

Mr Aggarwal told the inquiry all guards were required to complete an online training module and Unified Security inducted guards at the start of their shifts.He said he was surprised to learn that the SSG guard gave evidence that he had delivered food and worked at a warehouse after contracting COVID-19.

United Risk Management said transmission may have occurred between staff car-pooling to work, working on the same floor or at shift change-over.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

Who owns the security companies involved ?

How about u add facts about the lge amt of ppl who got 2getha 4 religious celebrations & caused major outbreaks(rmbr the high school?)And a group in the community who wld deliberately gather 2 pass it btwn themselves for the c/link pymt.(rmbr the comm flats?)

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Not too many companies can keep 50 or 500 security guards on their books. Ofcourse they are hired as contractors.

So what. What we want to know is how did the virus get out?

Why has The Age tweeted no stories about the recession that was announced today by The Liberals?

No surprises there, same representative for all the Security companies keeps turning up...

IStandWithDan istandwithanderson

Focus should be on getting rid of the morons who put us in mess before they stuff it up again.

Because it was Indigenous?

Here I was thinking they hired them from Gum Tree. Glad that's cleared up.

Focus should be less on the hotel quarantine, thats been done to death and cant be helped now and more in dhhs and contact tracing

Jim’s Security

THE AGE BACK TO THEIR OLD BIAS AGAIN.

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