Unmasked drivers, cleaners at Gold Coast hotel that accommodates air crews
Air crews flying in from COVID-19 hot spots are being accommodated in a Gold Coast hotel along with unsuspecting guests.
Voco Hotel in Surfers Paradise is not a formal quarantine hotel but has accommodated air crews who have later been deemed to be close contacts of COVID cases.
9News understands a 57-year-old pilot who flew with an air hostess who later tested positive to the Delta variant of COVID-19 was allowed to stay within the hotel for four days before he was eventually ordered to change hotels and quarantine at the Sofitel.
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Voco Hotel in Surfers Paradise is not a formal quarantine hotel but has accommodated air crews who have later been deemed to be close contacts of COVID cases. 9News
A cleaner, who was not wearing a mask, told 9News she cleans guest rooms "all over the place", not only on specific floors.
A shuttlebus driver was also filmed picking up luggage and transporting air crews while not wearing a mask.
Queensland legislation says any aircrew who do not ordinarily live in Queensland need to complete quarantine at a government-nominated crew hotel.
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Air crews flying in from COVID-19 hot spots are being accommodated in a Gold Coast hotel along with unsuspecting guests. 9News
Queensland Health told 9News the Voco Hotel had been approved for use by air crews required to quarantine.
Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young today refuted that claim.
"This is not a Queensland Health or a Queensland Government quarantine hotel, so I'd need to get some more information," she said today.
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