Yeah, some Spanish guy on an expiring work visa was working there and lied about how he caught the virus, possibly because his visa precluded him from working there and he was doing the wrong thing. He said he bought a pizza there, but actually her was working.
Apparently the police are there to guard the business. I'm not sure why. Public backlash probably though I suppose. I never read the article...News is mostly rubbish.
So much mixed information coming out at the moment. It's like a pick and mix for some people. Latch onto the bits you want to believe and run with it. The guy was also working as hotel security at a different medi hotel, was what was originally being said, which makes the visa thing confusing. Maybe they weren't supposed to be working other jobs as medi hotel workers. We're left with a guessing game and lots of pieces of information that don't logically for together. Although that could also be down to inconsistent reporting.
Glad to have early release at any rate. Even the climbing gym has had early release. Good job they aren't classified as a sport, though. They're out until 1st December.
The way I understand it he had exceeded the allowable working hour limit over a fortnight period and was hiding that fact by lying about not working at the pizza bar as exceeding the hour-limit has visa implications.
It doesn't really matter though...It cost the State about $100 million and whether they tar and feather him or deport him back to Spain it won't gain the money back for those who lost it.