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Doctor weighs in on why COVID-19 outbreaks are so much worse in some nursing homes than others – 3AW

The Australian Medical Association is calling for risk assessments to be carried out at nursing homes across Victoria as the number of coronavirus cases linked to aged care skyrockets. There are at…

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The Australian Medical Association is calling for risk assessments to be carried out at nursing homes across Victoria as the number of coronavirus cases linked to aged care skyrockets.
There are at least 769 active COVID-19 cases linked to aged care.
AMA Victoria’s emergency medicine representative Dr Sarah Whitelaw said there is a “huge problem”.
She said the difference in qualified nurse to patient ratios could be a factor involved in the vastly different infection rates in state, federal a…

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