In total, ninety-four residents and the same number of staff members tested positive for COVID-19, and 45 residents subsequently died from complications related to the virus. Read more here:
The charges followed a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at its Fawkner residential aged care facility in 2020.A Melbourne aged care home where 45 people died from COVID-19 has been charged by the workplace safety watchdog.
WorkSafe Victoria announced it charged St Basil's Homes For The Aged In Victoria with the breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It alleged that in July 2020, after the Fawkner home was notified a worker tested positive to COVID-19, St Basil's failed to require workers to wear personal protective equipment.It also allegedly failed to train workers on how to safely don and remove protective equipment, verify that staff were competent using it, tell staff when it should be used and supervise its use.
In total, ninety-four residents and the same number of staff members tested positive for COVID-19, and 45 residents subsequently died from complications related to the virus.
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