Published 3 years ago

Australian officials tighten Sydney lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise

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41 workers at a Melbourne hospital have been temporarily stood down after a fellow staffer worked a shift while infectious with Covid-19. The employee of Casey Hospital, a 229-bed facility in the city’s outer southeast, returned a positive test on Tuesday. The worker wore PPE during the shift, doesn’t have a front-facing role, and is not thought to have had any interaction with patients.

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