More than 15 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria are among healthcare workers and some doctors are sounding the alarm, saying the number is far too high.Premier Daniel Andrews has promised to release details on how healthcare workers have acquired the diseaseThe concern among some medical groups is that infection control in hospitals is inadequate and therefore leaving staff at risk.
"The numbers suggest it is not a small number that has acquired this in hospital and that means a breakdown in infection control," Professor Talley said. While the exact figures have not yet been released, she told the hearing: "Roughly 10 to 15 per cent of those cases have been acquired in the workplace."
"Each of those [is] motivating us to redouble our efforts right across the board to make sure that we're protecting those people — taking care of those people who take care of us," he said.As cases climbed across the state, the number of infections among healthcare workers followed a similar pattern.
That means of the 331 cases diagnosed since yesterday, more than 15 per cent are among healthcare workers On several occasions, the Victorian Government has pointed out there are a number of healthcare workers who have acquired COVID-19 in the community — not at work.
Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s top epidemiologist on Covid-19, said several studies estimate the mortality rate of the novel coronavirus at 0.6%.
Healthcare workers are getting sick because our authorities are not taking aerosol transmission seriously. That's reflected in the advice and restrictions tailored towards the general public too. In medical settings, it's a matter of life and death.
Kinda like saying a fire-fighter won't go to that house because it's burning or a cop saying he won't go the street because there is knife fight happening there.
Keep feeding the hysteria ABC ,as the economy crashes the noose on your funding will tighten ,you can write yourself into history .
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That’s why it’s a hospital. A hospital wouldn’t shut down for Ebola, meningococcal, measles or Covid19. A factory would.
But not in Other states?
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