A young Melbourne nurse involved in treating COVID-19 patients has contracted the virus and has taken to Facebook to warn others about the dangers of ignoring health measures. Dan Collins, who spoke via a video posted on Facebook, put his ...
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Should COVID-positive aged care residents be transferred to hospital?
Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. That’s why Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes all residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be transferred to ...
More »Paid pandemic leave announced: union says it won’t reach all workers
Victorian aged care is struggling to contain the COVID-19 outbreak tearing through the system, with 952 active cases linked to aged care, including workers, and 87 facilities having active outbreaks, according to figures released by the state government. About 80 ...
More »Aged care workers to get pandemic leave
Casual aged care workers will be eligible for paid pandemic leave after a Fair Work Commission decision to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The ruling grants paid pandemic leave to staff working in residential aged care under the ...
More »Family of St Basil’s resident told father was fine, in reality he was in hospital fighting for life
The COVID-19 crisis in Victorian aged care homes is worsening as the St Basil’s aged care home has been evacuated and residents taken to private hospitals, according to the Nine papers. St Basil’s had been taken over by the federal Government ...
More »NSW nurses must wear masks as Vic hospital staff contract virus
Hospital staff across NSW will now have to wear masks if they are within the social distancing marker of 1.5 metres under new directives announced by the state government on Friday. As the Victoria crisis rages, and NSW COVID-19 numbers ...
More »Experts call out activewear company’s anti-virus claims
Clothing company Lorna Jane has been fined $40,000 for claiming it sold "anti-virus activewear". The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last week issued three infringement notices totalling $39,960 to the Brisbane clothing company for alleged unlawful advertising in relation to COVID-19. ...
More »Two major drug breakthroughs could be ‘game changers’ in the fight against COVID-19
A breakthrough has been made in the race to find a coronavirus vaccine as a new drug developed by academics from the university of Oxford is shown to induce an immune response, prompting the UK government to order 100 million ...
More »Aussie researchers testing gown fabrics, 3D printed mask seals
Australian researchers are testing fabric samples from gown manufacturers to find out how to best keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19. The Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) team, based at Flinders University, is testing the fabrics for resistance to bacteria, viruses ...
More »Two Melbourne aged care homes report large outbreaks, death toll now at 108
Two more Australians have died of COVID-19 over the weekend taking the national death toll to 108, while two Melbourne aged care homes have recorded new cases in the double digits. It has also been announced that aged care workers ...
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