Self-quarantine In Australia Will Be Guarded By The Police

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JAKARTA - Travelers from abroad are getting ready to be quarantined under tight guard by the police when they visit the state of Victoria, Australia. This was done because of the "sloppy quarantine program" that failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Victoria.

Launching CNA, Friday, November 6, the previous quarantine program actually increased the transmission rate. Now, quarantine in hotels with heavy police guard is enforced. Authorities assess hotels that are guarded by private security as proven to have failed to reduce the number of virus transmission from Wuhan.

Therefore, the police are then involved as a form of control against infection. "Police presence 24/7 on site at each quarantine facility," wrote the owner of the policy.

In line with the involvement of the police as guardians of the quarantine. The owner of the policy then asked retired judge Jannifer Coate to immediately investigate the careless quarantine since the government began to seriously fight the spread of COVID-19 last July.

Noted, Coate will submit his final report of his findings to local authorities on September 21. This includes those who make the decision to hire private security and refuse offers of assistance to guard quarantine places from the police or the military.

Previously, Victoria's Health Minister Jenny Mikakos and senior civil servant Chris Eccles had resigned because of a careless quarantine case. Moreover, much evidence of involvement has led to both of them.

So far Australia has confirmed 27,645 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, there were 907 cases died.