Six COVID-19 cases linked to the Melbourne office of legal giant HWL Ebsworth have been labelled a “key outbreak” by the Victorian health department, forcing the firm to revise its preference that all staff work from the office amid the pandemic. Reports The Australian Financial Review
The cluster has grown from four cases last week, which saw two floors of the firm’s Collins Street offices shut down for industrial cleaning.
Victorian Chief Medical Officer Brett Sutton said the six cases showed why people should not return to city offices.
When three cases were first identified at the firm last week, managing partner Juan Martinez told staff that “barring any issues”, they were expected to return to the office this Monday after deep cleaning had occurred. This was before the cluster had grown to six.
Mr Martinez told staff that the cases posed no risk to co-workers as they had not been at the office while infectious.
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