Health
‘We learned the hard way’: inside the war room to contain Victoria’s aged care Covid outbreak – The Guardian
As coronavirus ripped through nursing homes, epidemiologist Hassan Vally was part of a 150-strong team tasked with halting the spread, and devising systems to a…
Epidemiologist Hassan Vally said he felt like he had walked into a war room when he began work at the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre at the beginning of August.
At that time, there were more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases in the states aged care facilities and double-digit numbers of aged care deaths being announced day after day.
About one-third of the people working in the response centre were from the defence force, wearing their army fatigues and air force uniforms, Vally told Guardian Aus…
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