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
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.
That’s compared with 22% in the first wave.
That figure, which equates to at least 1600 people infected in the workplace, is shocking and tragic.
