COVID-19 Outbreak at Newcastle Aged Care Centre Affects the Fully Vaccinated Elderly

An ambulance officer and staff are seen at the entrance of the Hardi Aged Care Nursing Home Facility at Summer Hill in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 2, 2021. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Eleven residents at a Newcastle aged care facility in the New South Wales (NSW) Hunter region tested positive for the CCP virus on Wednesday.

Ten of the COVID-positive residents at the RFBI Hawkins Masonic Retirement Village Aged care facility were reportedly fully vaccinated but were taken to the hospital as a precaution.