Health
Arcare aged care home lost resident’s vaccination consent form during Melbourne Covid outbreak – The Guardian
Granddaughter became concerned after Victoria’s case numbers climbed and she was told staff would be vaccinated ‘later in the year’
The operator of an aged care facility in the grips of a Covid-19 outbreak lost the consent form of a resident who wanted to be vaccinated, leaving her vulnerable after two workers and another resident tested positive at the site, according to the residents family.
Emails exchanged between the centre and the residents family also appear to indicate that as recently as 6 May there had been no plans to vaccinate staff until later this year, despite repeated assurances from the federal government that…
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