Man escapes 4th-floor hotel quarantine by tying bedsheets together

Australia — A 39-year-old man serving quarantine was arrested after he fled his fourth-floor hotel room using tied-up bedsheets. According to the police, the man had arrived on a flight from Brisbane to Western Australia on Monday (Jul 19). He had failed to complete a G2G pass (an initiative by Western Australia Police Force to manage and enforce travel restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic) prior to arrival, said WA Police on Facebook on Tuesday (Jul 20). Upon entry to WA, a manual G2G pass was completed. However, the application was denied as it did not satisfy any exemption categories under existing restrictions for Queensland, and he was issued with a direction to leave WA within 48 hours. The man was directed to undergo temporary quarantine overnight at a hotel. It is alleged that at about 12:45 am on Tuesday, the man climbed out a window on the fourth-floor room using a rope made of bedsheets and fled the area, said the police. Officers located the man at 8:55 am on Beaufort Street near Second Ave in Mt. Lawley and took him into custody. The man was charged under provisions of the Emergency Management Act with failure to comply with a direction and providing false or misleading information. Attached, to the post, were photos of the makeshift rope hanging from the window of the hotel room. [caption id="attachment_367954" align="aligncenter" width="331"] Photo: FB screengrab/Western Australia Police Force[/caption] [caption id="attachment_367952" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Photo: FB screengrab/Western Australia Police Force[/caption] [caption id="attachment_367953" align="aligncenter" width="333"] Photo: FB screengrab/Western Australia Police Force[/caption] The police did not reveal the man’s identity except his age and that he had tested negative for Covid-19. The man’s reasons for his alleged actions were not clarified. The tight national and internal border controls imposed by Australia has led to fewer Covid-19 cases and reported deaths compared to other developed countries. On Wednesday (Jul 21), more than 40,000 people in the Central West area were given a stay-at-home order. The country reported 103 new cases on Jul 20 and has 915 recorded death. /TISG Read related: 9 months’ jail for a foreign worker who disobeyed quarantine orders, went to Changi Airport to buy ticket to go home twice https://theindependent.sg/9-months-jail-for-a-foreign-worker-who-disobeyed-quarantine-orders-went-to-changi-airport-to-buy-ticket-to-go-home-twice/