Michaela Meade
The new COVID-19 quarantine facility at Mickleham will likely open next month, COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria (CQV) commissioner Emma Cassar has announced.
The facility – Centre for National Resilience, Melbourne – is located on Donnybrook Road, and will be able to house up to 500 people initially.
Ms Cassar announced on Friday that the new hub was set to be opened next month.
“We are very much on track to take exclusive access of the accommodation sites and the essential buildings that we need [at the] end of January,” she said
“Then we’ll have a short commissioning period on top of that; that’s just to test and make sure that the systems work, and that it’s safe for residents to occupy.
“We’d be anticipating at this stage, mid-to-late February.”
Ms Cassar said the official opening date for the facility would be “hopefully very soon”.
