Staff from an aged care facility which previously experienced a coronavirus outbreak have started shifts at Newmarch House in western Sydney as more than 50 of the home's regular staff remain in self-isolation.
A spokesperson for Bankstown Opal Aged Care, which had an outbreak of five cases, said it had also provided the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission with its list of workforce agencies for the purpose of finding additional staff with coronavirus experience.
The outbreak began when a staff member worked for six days while infectious earlier this month. Fourteen additional staff have since tested positive and another 40 are in self-isolation.Mary Watson went from feeling hopeful to helpless on Friday when she received an early morning call that her 93-year-old mother, Alice Bacon, had been diagnosed with COVID-19 having previously returned three negative tests.
But after 10am on Friday, Ms Bacon called another daughter to say she had still not received her morning medication. After repeatedly ringing her bell and receiving no answer, Ms Bacon told Ms Watson she stuck her head into the hallway and saw a sign had been placed on her door.
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