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Intensive care nurse’s blunt warning over coronavirus risk to younger adults – ABC News
A senior intensive care nurse warns of the risk COVID-19 poses to patients in their 30s, 40s and 50s, as Victoria confirms a growing number of younger adults are being hospitalised by the virus.
A senior Melbourne intensive care nurse says hospitals are preparing for the prospect of deaths among younger Victorians as authorities battle to rein in the state’s coronavirus cases.
Key points:
- From the start of July, a quarter of COVID-19 infections have been in Victorians aged in their 20s
- Four children are in hospital and 20 per cent of the state’s coronavirus patients are under the age of 50
- A senior ICU nurse manager says there is “no doubt” younger adults with …
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