Topic - Editorial

Dept of Health issues guidelines warning aged care staff and families to take precautions against coronavirus

Feb 03 2020 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The Department has advised aged care workers and family members who have returned from mainland China in the past 14 days to not to visit aged care homes as the Government looks to keep the highly contagious illness away from the elderly.

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