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Victorians have today entered a seven-day “circuit breaker” lockdown with just five reasons to leave the house shopping, work, exercise, care/caregiving, and vaccinations after health officials yesterday recorded 26 active COVID-19 cases and more than 120 exposure sites.
With officials warning of the new B.1.617 variant’s infectiousness, the ABC explains that around 14,000 close contacts have either been required to quarantine for 14 days, or test and isolate until negative, while one case on a ventilator is understood to have been moved out of intensive care last night.
From today Victorians aged 40 to 49 are also eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, a decision that led to an immediate crash in the state’s booking system.
Australia’s $452 Million Immediate Response to Aged Care Royal Commission
The Australian government has announced a $452.2 million raft of measures as an immediate response to the findings of the royal commission into aged care, as it sets out to reform the sector.
The royal commission has made 148 recommendations to the Morrison government, including new laws to protect the rights of elderly people and increased regulator powers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said senior Australians need to be treated with respect, care, and dignity and have access to quality care as they age. He said the findings provided the government with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to overhaul the system.
The Federal government will inject $425million to try address the chronic problems in Australia s aged care sector after the final recommendations of the Royal Commission into the sector were handed to the Governor-General, David Hurley.
Announcing the funding package, Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the revelations in the Commission s report harrowing and deeply distressing .
The Commission has made 148 recommendations to the government after a two-year investigation, including quicker approval of home care packages to clear the current waiting list and restricting the use of anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes.
The prime minister described the findings as providing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the aged care sector but admitted that addressing them would test my government, the budget and test the parliament .
Australian Aged Care Sector To Get $452M After Government Probe
New aged care laws and extra audits to check on safety and quality at facilities are among the federal government’s first responses to a royal commission into the sector.
The government has announced an initial $452 million to bolster the sector, with more funding flagged in the May federal budget.
The royal commission has made 148 recommendations to the Morrison government, including new laws to protect the rights of elderly people and increased regulator powers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the values, rights and needs of older Australians need to be at the centre of aged care.
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