This outbreak has now grown to 60 known cases across the greater metropolitan area, including several aged care workers and two residents. Genomic sequencing links all these cases to a man who was infected while staying in an Adelaide quarantine hotel. If we include the most recent leak between adjacent rooms in a Perth hotel, there have been 18 breaches of hotel quarantine since last November. While no exact figure is available, best estimates are that less than 12% of aged care workers have been fully vaccinated. After quarantine workers, aged care staff are the frontline to protect our most vulnerable citizens.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2021 06:56 UTC