Health
Weekly testing looms for one in four workers in abattoirs, supermarkets – The Age
Quarter of workforce in high-risk industries to be tested each week – whether they have symptoms or not – as part of plan for Melbourne to emerge from lockdown.
Medium and large employers in the meat, seafood processing, poultry, supermarket and refrigerated distribution sectors will be asked to test a quarter of their workforce each week.
Catherine Bennett, the chair of epidemiology at Deakin University, said asymptomatic testing should also be offered to people who have visited potential exposure sites.
These sites are regularly updated on the Health Departments website and can include supermarkets, food outlets and train stations.
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