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…
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