Plan for pop-up emergency centres if COVID-19 surges

Prime Minster Scott Morrison says the plan will be triggered if the number of national cases rise to Victoria's level
Australian Associated Press
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Aged care emergency response centres will pop up across the country should coronavirus case numbers increase.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison mapped out the plan with state and territory leaders at the latest national cabinet meeting.

A response centre has already been established in Victoria, where hundreds of nursing home residents have died from coronavirus.

State or federal governments can stand up other centres.