Coronavirus Australia live updates: NSW Police "incorrectly allowed" German nationals to travel from Sydney to Melbourne

Amid calls for an end to the "blame game", we now know who was responsible for letting two travellers slip through Sydney and into Melbourne.

NSW Police have taken responsibility for two German nationals who were "incorrectly allowed" to bypass hotel quarantine when they arrived in Australia and continue travelling onward from Sydney to Melbourne.

 

 

In a statement on Sunday afternoon, police admitted fault, saying that they "incorrectly allowed the two travellers to proceed to Melbourne".

"Police have conducted a review after two German Nationals flew to Melbourne after arriving in Sydney on an International flight in contravention of Public Health (COVID-19 Air Transportation Quarantine) Order 2020," the statement read.

NSW Police added it has now reviewed and strengthened "practices and systems" at Sydney Airport.

Earlier on Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters he was "not here to criticise" the blunder, which saw the two German passengers land in Sydney, bypass hotel quarantine, and jump on a Virgin flight to Melbourne. 

The pair are now in mandatory quarantine in Melbourne, and have both tested negative to COVID-19.