Premier Daniel Andrews has criticised an aged care facility in Melbourne for allowing staff to remove their PPE during a centre high tea party. 9News
"I am not here to quarrel with the CEO of that facility, but I have seen comments from him talking about the fact that it was a closed event and only people who lived there and work there were involved but, frankly, staff do not live there, they live in the community and we have community transmission so I do not know that is the best rebuttal," he said today.
"As part of the afternoon activity a few of the staff put on a brief dance routine for the residents who were seated at their tables," the statement read. Mark Lobosco told 9News his 93-year-old grandmother lives at the facility and he is furious her health was put in jeopardy by the party. He said there were "underlying risks" in private aged care, but its operation was outside the Victorian government's jurisdiction.
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