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COVID control chiefs set to tighten mask rules for hotel quarantine staff – Sydney Morning Herald
New rules are expected to recommend or require that N95 masks, goggles, gowns and gloves be used in interactions with COVID-19 patients, rather than just a surgical…
Controversial national rules that mean healthcare and quarantine hotel workers are allowed to wear a simple surgical mask when treating COVID-positive patients are set to be overturned.
Some of the hotel quarantine workers who have been infected with COVID-19 in Australia this year were wearing only a surgical mask, or even no mask, and the regulations have been heavily criticised by the Australian Medical Association.
There have been warnings that surgical masks do not provide adequate protection…
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