Victoria's second wave came from overseas travellers
Tom BurtonGovernment editor
Almost all of Victoria's second wave of COVID-19 cases came from overseas cases that arrived in Victoria after May 8, the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry has been told.
The leader of the Doherty Institute's genomic sequencing program, Professor Ben Howden told the inquiry virtually all of the cases from the earlier wave – described as transmission 1 – had faded by early to mid-May.
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Tom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com
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