Victoria Doctors Want Mandatory PPE Testing in Hospitals

Walk in COVID clinic in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia on July 2, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

MELBOURNE—Victorian anaesthetists are calling on the state government to enforce “fit testing” for personal protective equipment, citing concerns that not enough is being done to protect health workers from COVID-19.

Three doctors are reportedly among those in intensive care as the state struggles to contain the virus.