Health
Australia: Sharp increase in COVID-19 among Victorian healthcare workers – WSWS
The Victorian Labor government is attempting to downplay the growing number of infected healthcare workers in Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city.
By
Margaret Rees
21 August 2020
The number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 in the Australian state of Victoria has doubled in the past 20 days and is now at 2,563, with 753 active cases.
The figures, which were released yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), have prompted alarm from overworked nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers over inadequate protection and contact tracing.
On Wednesday night, a major COVID-19 cluster was reported among he…
-
General22 hours agoDairy farmers devastated by floods across parts of New South Wales
-
Noosa News19 hours agoBrisbane’s Triffid forces redesign of $1.5 billion tower project
-
Noosa News22 hours agoMan dies in Gold Coast after rolling trailer pins him to lamp-post
-
General24 hours ago‘Lethal’ ad campaign helped Labor achieve landslide victory, says campaign guru Paul Erickson