’Terrified’: Photos from inside Covid crisis

New pictures have emerged from a Covid-stricken age care facility in Sydney, as a family member speaks of the “terror” brewing inside.

New pictures have emerged of elderly residents from a Covid-stricken aged care facility in Sydney, as a family member reveals the “terror” brewing inside.

Three elderly residents from Summit Care in Baulkham Hills have tested positive for the virus overnight, sparking fear and anger.

The nursing home went into "full lockdown" on Friday after at least two staff members worked at the facility while unknowingly infectious. At least 70-75 per cent of staff are now in isolation with tests on 226 residents and staff on Saturday. Officials revealed Sunday that number could be higher.

One of the staff members was unvaccinated, and the other’s status was “unclear”, Summit Care’s chief operating officer Michelle Sloane said.

Among the three infected patients were a man and a woman in their 80s and a man in his 90s, all who are vaccinated. Two have been taken to hospital as a precaution.

A daughter of one of the covid-positive residents, Kathie Melocco, has taken to social media to share her anger at the handling of the situation inside the facility.

She is furious at reports from the facility that the residents are in “good spirits”, saying that is far from the truth.

“What nonsense,” she wrote.

“My father is terrified and is positive. Staff have been told to not talk to residents to minimise interaction. Please remember they are human and are frightened. Bring in social workers!”

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Residents pictured inside their room at the Summit Care nursing home in Baulkham Hills. Picture: Bianca De Marchi

She also called for swift action on having all aged care staff vaccinated, upon news that despite 96 per cent of residents in the home having had the Covid-19 jab, only one-third of staff members had received it.

“(My father) was fully vaccinated way back in April,” she said.

“It’s the aged care workforce who are not vaccinated. Why not?

“Our health workforce must be vaccinated. Now … It’s chaos there. Kitchen staff sent home. It’s not good enough. And excuses don’t cut it.”

A woman enters the Summit Care aged care facility. Picture: Getty Images

She pointed out that despite being vaccinated, her father has significant underlying health conditions and residents need to be better protected.

Her father and one of the other infected residents have been taken to hospital as a precaution.

“He shares a room with my mum. They have been together since they were 13. Married 65 years. He is blind and won’t even know where he is.

“How terrifying.”

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NSW Health workers are seen going into the facility. Picture: David Swift

Summit Care’s chief operating officer Michelle Sloane said the third resident remains at the facility. She said testing will be carried out every day on residents and staff “until otherwise advised by public health”.

“The third resident, who shares a room with his wife, his family opted not to send him last night because they did not want to separate them and his wife had tested negative,” she said.

“But that will be reassessed today. Ideally, it would be better to have all three in hospital. It is especially a prepared ward, there were only the residents we are sending in that ward at Westmead Hospital at this time.”

Ms Sloane assured the three positive cases were “resting very comfortably” and none were displaying symptoms.

She said all residents at the facility are in “total isolation” and that “the doors are closed, they each have individual airconditioning units so there’s no risk of contamination in that sense.”

Ms Sloane said staff on site are not working “any where else except for here” and “only in their designated areas, they’re not changing areas at all”.

She said she did not blame the federal goverment and said they had been “incredibly supportive”.

“I think no one saw this Delta strain coming, as we know it’s been all through the community at the moment, we’ve just been the unlucky ones that got it in our aged care facility.”

Kathie Melocco, the daughter of residents of Summit Care who tested positive to covid. Picture: Getty Images

Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, said of the situation at the aged care facility: “Looking at the outbreak at Summit Care, we are taking that very seriously, as we do with each outbreak in residential aged care facilities.

“The Commonwealth is working in partnership with New South Wales and the facility staff. The facility is in full lockdown and additional work force supports have been activated and testing of residents and staff has also been activated.

“Today, all but one of the 2566 residential aged care facilities across the country have received their first and second dose of Covid-19 vaccination clinics from the national vaccine rollout program.

“This level of vaccination has increased the potential levels of older people living in our nation’s residential aged care facilities.”

Professor Kidd revealed some residents — who are unwell or at the end of life — had chosen not to receive the vaccine but said the government would continue to offer elderly residents to have the chance for a jab.

“The Commonwealth is focusing very much on catching up with all those people who are eligible for the vaccine who wish to be vaccinated and have not yet been vaccinated in aged care facilities,” he said.

A woman gestures towards a person at the entrance of Summit Care aged care facility. Picture: Getty Images

It comes as the NSW opposition leader called for more frontline workers to receive vaccinations following the positive covid cases at Summit Care.

Labor leader Chris Minns told ABC Radio that it’s critical more staff members be vaccinated as a matter of urgency.

“We need the rollout to start going to frontline workers,” he said. “It’s not acceptable 18 months into this pandemic to have frontline workers still not having access to crucial vaccinations.”

Melbourne-based geriatrician Dr Kate Gregorevic, who wrote the book Staying Alive: the science of living healthier happier and longer, also took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the situation.

“Don’t be mad because people in Sydney are exercising outdoors,” she wrote.

“Be mad because workers in quarantine, health and aged care aren’t vaccinated.

“Be mad because there isn’t enough emphasis on airborne protections in high risk environments.

“These are the cause of the covid outbreak.”