There is growing concern that the thousands of deaths in aged care this year have not been properly scrutinised.
More than 3000 Australians have died with COVID-19 in aged care facilities this year, triple the number of deaths in nursing homes during the first two years of the pandemic.
Independent MP Rebekha Sharkie said the nation was struggling from “COVID fatigue” and suggested the media and politicians were no longer holding the government to account. An average of 102 people with COVID-19 are dying every week since election day, compared to a weekly average of 75 under the Coalition for the first five months of this year, or nine during 2020 and 2021.
Paul Sadler, the interim chief executive of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association, said his organisation was concerned about the increase in COVID-19 deaths. But he said it was important to note that the number of COVID cases and outbreaks in aged care facilities has been falling in recent weeks along with the reduction in COVID-19 cases in the community.
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