FOI 25-0294 LD – AHPPC Documents

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This National Cabinet paper from February 2021 provides a progress update on implementing recommendations from the National Review of Hotel Quarantine, conducted by A/Prof Jane Halton following National Cabinet's acceptance of the review on 23 October 2020. The document reports on state and territory implementation of recommendations 1-3 and national-level progress on recommendations 4-6, tracked against specific measurement principles and endorsed by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee. By 31 January 2021, over 211,550 people had returned to Australia through hotel quarantine since implementation on 31 March 2020. The paper emphasizes that hotel quarantine remained a critical COVID-19 control measure amid escalating overseas transmission and emerging variants with higher transmissibility, requiring continuous monitoring to maintain acceptable standards. The National Cabinet is asked to note the progress update.