About 1100 aged care homes across Australia are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, with 7014 active cases in residents and aged care workers.
More than 1100 aged care homes across Australia are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, with 7014 active cases in residents and aged care workers.
Aged and Community Services Australia CEO Paul Sadler said it was likely more than half of the 2700 federally funded aged care facilities would be hit with an outbreak in coming days. “We must do all that we can to provide an immediate boost to staffing levels in affected homes, especially as cases are likely to keep rising.”
Guidelines published by the NSW government’s Clinical Excellence Commission state that residents that have close, face-to-face contact for longer than 15 minutes with a positive case are classified as high risk and need to isolate for 14 days.
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