The Australian Defence Force has been sent to help medical teams and workers at aged care facilities around the country. The aged care sector may right now be operating 140,000 shifts a week fewer than normal, according to some reports. FULL STORY: 9News
Twin Parks Aged Care Centre in Reservoir is blaming rapid antigen tests for the outbreak, as the Federal Government committed to deploying the ADF to help the crippled sector.
"They're not a complete solution because they do miss somewhere between 20 and 50 per cent of cases especially early in infection, including when people are very infectious and can transmit the virus," he told 9News.Twin Parks said residents had been tested with two different brands of RATs to confirm their diagnosis, but they provided conflicting results.The facility has had issues previously, with one email in December highlighting the inaccuracy of the tests.
Twin Parks has already experienced COVID-19 tragedy, with more than 20 residents dying during Melbourne's second wave.
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