Health
Holiday Inn quarantine hotel cluster grows amid N-95 roll out – The Age
The state government has bowed to pressure and rolled out N95 masks to more hotel quarantine workers in an effort to close dangerous gaps in infection control.
A senior health source, who spoke to The Age on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly, said more hotel quarantine workers would start wearing the masks in coming weeks so they had the same protection as doctors and nurses exposed to coronavirus in hospitals.
At the moment, N95 respirators are only mandated for staff working in hot medi-hotels, which house confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Those working in cold hotels, with returned travellers who do not initially…
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