Aussie health workers nearly three times more likely to contract COVID-19

The estimates by Kirby Institute are again raising questions over the adequacies of PPE

Health workers in Australia are nearly three times as likely to contract COVID-19 than the general population, data from the first wave of the pandemic suggests.

Researchers estimated at least 536 health workers were infected between the date of Australia’s first confirmed case — 25 January â€” and the start of Victoria’s second stage 3 lockdown — 8 July.