Call for Action on Vic Aged Care Outbreaks

Call for Action on Vic Aged Care Outbreaks
A general view of the Estia Health aged care facility in Ardeer on July 24, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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Growing concern for the health and care of more than one million older Australians has prompted a top-level meeting as well as calls to also protect workers.

The need for a national response to safeguard elder Victorians has been highlighted after eight of the 12 fatalities in the state on July 23 and July 24 were aged care residents.