Gold Coast nurse gets COVID-19 in Melbourne
A Gold Coast nurse sent to Victoria to help fight the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping the southern state has contracted the virus. (File picture)
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A GOLD Coast nurse sent to Victoria to help fight the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping the southern state has contracted the virus.
She was among almost 30 Queensland nurses who made a mercy dash to Melbourne earlier this month to help their Victorian counterparts.
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The infected nurse is understood to be in quarantine in Melbourne, unable to return home.
The Queensland nurses were being accommodated in one-bedroom apartments to limit the risk of infections to themselves and the community.
They are spending their days performing COVID tests across the city, many in pop-up clinics, in full protective gear.
They were scheduled to finish their deployment on August 5 before spending two weeks in quarantine in Melbourne.
It’s believed the nurse will return to Queensland on a State Government charter flight once she finishes quarantine.