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Victoria has recorded FIVE coronavirus cases since relaunching the international hotel quarantine program

Victoria's 42-day COVID-free streak has come to an end, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system.

However no locally-acquired cases were reported for a 43rd straight day.

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the new cases on Saturday morning after 8,737 tests were conducted on Friday. 

There were 571 international arrivals in quarantine hotels on Friday, including 44 with symptoms or complex health needs at the Novotel 'hot hotel' in Melbourne's South Wharf.

Victoria's 42-day COVID-free streak has come to an end, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system. Pictured: International travellers arriving at hotel quarantine in Melbourne on Monday

Victoria's 42-day COVID-free streak has come to an end, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system. Pictured: International travellers arriving at hotel quarantine in Melbourne on Monday

Some 220 returned travellers were due to arrive late on Friday. 

The hotel quarantine program was kickstarted again on Monday after the state welcomed back international travellers for the first time since the horror second wave.

A majority of infections in the second wave were linked back to failures in the state-run hotel quarantine scheme.

Infections spread from travellers to security guards then into their families and the community. 

Authorities did warn that there would inevitably be COVID-19 cases once international flights resumed on December 7. 

Meanwhile, Business Victoria says 40,000 vouchers offered as part of the first round of the state's Regional Travel Voucher Scheme have run out.

Holidaymakers hoping to snap up one of the Victorian government's $200 regional tourism offers prompted the application website to crash within minutes on Friday morning, having opened at 10am.

There were 571 international arrivals in quarantine hotels on Friday, including 44 with symptoms or complex health needs at the Novotel 'hot hotel' (pictured)

There were 571 international arrivals in quarantine hotels on Friday, including 44 with symptoms or complex health needs at the Novotel 'hot hotel'

Hotel quarantine workers in full PPE in Melbourne as they ask recently arrived international travellers to get off the bus

Hotel quarantine workers in full PPE in Melbourne as they ask recently arrived international travellers to get off the bus

Those intending to spend two or more nights in regional Victoria between Saturday and January 22, 2021 were able to apply.

Business Victoria said the website received 800,000 visits by Friday at 5pm.

Eligible destinations under the $28million scheme, announced as part of a $300 million state budget tourism package last month, include the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Bellarine Peninsula.

'If those $200 vouchers mean people stay an extra night, maybe go to a local pub or restaurant. That's all about wages and spending and investment,' Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday.

Victorian residents can apply even if their travel has already been booked.

While the first round of vouchers is exhausted, a second application window will open for trips between January 27 and April 1. A third round will be available between April 6 and May 31.

Opposition tourism spokeswoman Cindy McLeish labelled the launch a 'flop'. 

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