Health
Australian disability homes at risk of Covid-19 exposure, royal commission hears – The Guardian
Fears grow that workers crossing the aged care and disability sectors could spread the virus to the disability community
Carers working across multiple disability group homes and the aged care sector could spread the virus into the disability community, the royal commission has heard.
Prof Anne Kavanagh, the director of the Disability Institute at the University of Melbourne, said on Thursday federal and state authorities needed to look at ways to ensure minimised movement of workers, and also warned about a lack of PPE training for some carers.
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