Aged Care Homes On Heightened Alert For COVID 01/06/21
Monday’s scenes at Arcare in Maidstone were reminiscent of the nightmare that unfolded in nursing homes during last year’s second wave, which killed 655 aged care residentsA longer lockdown is appearing increasingly likely amid grim warnings that Victoria’s growing Covid-19 outbreak could “get worse before it gets better”.The state government has bought the Flinders Street building likely to house Melbourne’s second safe injecting room even as it insists “multiple sites” are being considered for the centre.And in sport, Netball Australia has accused the West Australian government of double standards after the Giants’ netballers were forced to quarantine but Essendon’s AFL players were not, despite playing at a Covid exposure site.For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atheraldsun.com.au
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