Health officials are finalising a plan to bring home a team of West Australian nurses after one of them contracted coronavirus in Melbourne while helping with Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak.
Health officials are trying to finalise a plan to bring home a West Australian nurse who contracted coronavirus after travelling to Melbourne to help with Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak.The Australian Nursing Federation wants them flown back to PerthThe woman and six of her colleagues were working in aged careThe Australian Nursing Federation wants the health workers flown home to Perth as soon as possible.
The union argued it would be unacceptable for the nurses to be required to complete two weeks in hotel quarantine in Melbourne before facing another two weeks' quarantine upon their return. They were one of several teams of nurses who were flown to Victoria in the last month to provide healthcare support during the state's coronavirus crisis.WA Premier Mark McGowan said Health Department officials were working with the nurses concerned to finalise a plan for their return."The nurses themselves have done the right thing by Australia, by Victoria and by Western Australia.
"They have been heroic in what they've done, gone over to help their fellow citizens in a difficult environment, and they deserve all of our thanks. "We are currently working through with the nurses and their families exactly what can be done, what should be done and what is in their interests."
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