The number of healthcare professionals catching COVID-19 on the job is shocking

PPE guidelines need urgent revision to address the occupational hazard of potential infection
Professor Alicia Dennis
Healthcare workers

On Tuesday, the Victorian government released much-anticipated figures showing the proportion of the state’s healthcare workers who caught COVID-19 at work.

Victoria’s chief medical officer Andrew Wilson said that 70-80% of health workers testing positive to COVID-19 were infected at work.