Adelaide quarantine hotel security guard sent home over coronavirus safety breach - ABC News

A security guard monitoring repatriated Australians in hotel quarantine in Adelaide was sent home for breaching safety protocols and a review is underway, SA's Chief Public Health Officer says.

Key points:

• A security guard failed to wear a mask at an Adelaide quarantine hotel
• A review is underway but SA's Chief Public Health Officer says no-one was put at risk
• Security guards failing to meet COVID-19 safety protocols are linked to Melbourne's outbreaks

Dr Nicola Spurrier has told ABC Radio Adelaide the guard was not wearing a mask while on duty, but she says no-one was put at risk.

She said SA Police identified the breach because they have oversight of the security guard operations and that a review is now underway into the security agencies providing the services.

"The police have a very, very strong presence and they are overseeing the security guards and that was how it was picked up," Dr Spurrier said.

"Because we've got those processes in place, I'm feeling very comfortable about that.

"It didn't put anybody at risk, but it was just a warning: 'okay, you've been told you have to wear a mask. You're not wearing it. You're out of here'."

The Pullman Hotel has been accommodating repatriated Australians.(ABC News: Dean Faulkner)

Failures by security guards to meet COVID-19 safety protocols were linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Melbourne hotel which was used to quarantine returned travellers last month.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews this week announced a judicial inquiry into the state's management of hotel quarantine after a number of cases through late May and early June were linked to infection control breaches.

Dr Spurrier said she was also advised overnight that four repatriation flights, destined for Adelaide over the next week, have been cancelled.

She said she was notified by text message that two flights scheduled for this weekend and another two for next weekend will not be coming to Adelaide, but she was not given a reason why.

More to come.

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