ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE

Victoria Reintroduces COVID-19 Restrictions After Australian Open Quarantine Hotel Worker Tests Positive

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 04: Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville speaks during a press conference on February 04, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. The positive case was from one of the Australian Open quarantine hotels, with some 600 Australian Open players, officials and support staff told to isolate and get tested. All tennis matches at Melbourne Park on Thursday have been called off. Masks are now mandatory indoors across Victoria with gatherings now limited to 15 people in a household while the 75 percent return to work plan, scheduled to begin on Monda has been paused. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: 020421_corna_1case_155_20210204103717083.jpg
Image Size: 4761x3174 / 10.3MB; Human Interest Sport Tennis Grand Slam Australian Tennis Open
Contained in galleries

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 04: Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville speaks during a press conference on February 04, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. The positive case was from one of the Australian Open quarantine hotels, with some 600 Australian Open players, officials and support staff told to isolate and get tested. All tennis matches at Melbourne Park on Thursday have been called off. Masks are now mandatory indoors across Victoria with gatherings now limited to 15 people in a household while the 75 percent return to work plan, scheduled to begin on Monda has been paused. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)