Eleven residents at a Newcastle aged care facility in the New South Wales (NSW) Hunter region tested positive for the CCP virus on Wednesday. Ten of the COVID-positive residents at the RFBI Hawkins Masonic Retirement Village Aged care facility were reportedly fully vaccinated but were taken to the hospital as a precaution. Meanwhile, under 40 percent of the facility’s staff were vaccinated due to difficulties in getting access to supply. “When the vaccinators came out to administer the vaccine, they only brought enough for the residents,” Price told the ABC. “Staff were told that they would have to access it themselves, but the issue with that was they were in the same queue as everyone else.” Three workers in different aged care facilities have also been infected with the CCP virus. One of the two infected staff at the Masonic Retirement Village had received his first Pfizer dose and was …
COVID-19 Outbreak at Newcastle Aged Care Centre Affects the Fully Vaccinated Elderly
August 12, 2021
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