Aged Care Minister denies Govemment was underprepared for COVID-19

The Aged Care Minister has denied Australian nursing homes were left to fend for themselves as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc in the sector, infecting more than 1000 elderly residents and killing 168.
Federal authorities, including the government, have been accused of failing to prepare a COVID-19 plan for aged care homes.
Australia now has one of the highest COVID-19 death rates in aged care in the world, with 68 per cent of all coronavirus deaths related to residential aged car…

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