New COVID-19 Measures to Protect Victoria’s Healthcare Staff

New COVID-19 Measures to Protect Victoria’s Healthcare Staff
A resident is taken from the Epping Hardens Aged Care Home on July 29, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
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Victoria will boost measures to protect health, aged and disability workers with new data showing most who are infected with COVID-19 contracted it on the job.

The new data is at odds with Premier Daniel Andrews’ suggestion on Aug. 12 that the majority of healthcare workers were “acquiring coronavirus outside of the workplace.”