Alarmed at a rising number of people contracting COVID-19 in residential disability services, the Victorian government moved on Friday to limit the number of people working in multiple services and established a new Disability Response Centre.
They will jointly spend $15 million to compensate staff for lost work hours and to find additional workers. Premier Daniel Andrews said on Friday there were 62 active COVID-19 cases linked to disability residential services, spread across 60 different sites. Of the 62 people sick with the virus, 49 were staff members.
Uniting chief executive Bronwyn Pike welcomed the announcement but said the government should have moved sooner. Kevin Stone, chief executive of the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability , also welcomed the announcement.
Finally they start to look at protecting this vulnerable group. Now we can look to a proper plan to reopen not this endless threat of more lockdowns by Dan
Yet another stuff up from this shit DanielAndrewsMP government
Nothing changes.
Wrong ! Meh. ABC as usual ... ScottyTheSimp’s crew.
I’m pretty certain this has been happening since the start of stage 3 with most agencies. My husband only works in one place and has done so since June
resignDanAndrews
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