Health
Disability not mentioned in virus plan – Tenterfield Star
The federal government’s initial COVID-19 emergency health plan failed to mention people with a disability, a royal commission has heard. Simon Cotterell, sec…
The federal government’s initial COVID-19 emergency health plan failed to mention people with a disability, a royal commission has heard.
Simon Cotterell, secretary at the Department of Health, said those with a disability weren’t explicitly included in February’s national plan.
“(The plan) was prepared very quickly and under great pressure by staff conscientiously doing their best,” he told the commission.
“I think it is an omission that disability is not mentioned but … the word vulnerabl…
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