Authorities are trying to ring fence a coronavirus outbreak in north-west Tasmania by broadening quarantine measures to households of health workers and patients.
Households of staff and recently discharged patients from the North West Regional Hospital have been directed to self-quarantine for two weeks, as the number of cases related to the outbreak in the north-west of the state climbs to 38.
Yesterday it was announced all staff at the hospital working in the medical and surgical wards will be told to self-quarantine for 14 days. "We have a vulnerable community, an older community, a community that has in certain parts of its population more examples of underlying health challenges," he said.The Director of Public Health Dr Mark Veitch acknowledged the new restrictions would be tough.
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