Coronavirus Australia live updates: Senior bureaucrats axed amid bombshell quarantine claims

Multiple senior bureaucrats have reportedly been pulled from Victoria's hotel quarantine task force in the wake of bombshell accusations against the program.

A number of senior government bureaucrats have reportedly been pulled from Victoria's hotel quarantine task force in the wake of bombshell accusations against the program.

 

“To meet the challenges of (sic) the global pandemic is having on Victorians, the (department) has been involved in delivering services to Victorians in a dynamic and changing environment,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.

“To assist us continue to deliver these programs, the structures within the department will be refined to continue to support the necessary services we are providing.”

There have been at least 48 cases of the coronavirus linked to two Melbourne hotels being used to quarantine returned travellers since late May.

Since the quarantine breaches were announced a number of bombshell claims have surfaced of security guards allegedly having sex with guests, taking them to shopping centres and allowing them to move between rooms. 

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