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Confusion during Tasmanian virus outbreak – The Transcontinental
An under-resourced public health system and underestimation of staff-to-staff transmission impacted Tasmania’s response to a deadly coronavirus outbreak in th……
An under-resourced public health system and underestimation of staff-to-staff transmission impacted Tasmania’s response to a deadly coronavirus outbreak in the state’s northwest.
The cluster, which sparked in early April, was the first major outbreak on Australian shores and forced Burnie’s public and private hospitals to close for an extended period.
Twelve of the island state’s 13 COVID-19 deaths occurred in the northwest.
An independent review published on Wednesday noted a “paucity of resources”…
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