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Sky News Australia published this video item, entitled “Queensland hospital fails to correctly clean wards infected with COVID-19” – below is their description.
Staff at a Queensland hospital have potentially been exposed to COVID-19 after wards were not correctly cleaned. The Courier Mail is reporting the staff members in question were strangely expected to continue working whilst being ordered to quarantine at home. The PR Counsel’s Kristy McSweeney commented “it’s incumbent upon state governments to ensure they have the amount of PPE required to protect front line workers”.
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Queensland (QLD) is an Australian state covering the continent’s northeast, with a coastline stretching nearly 7,000km. Its offshore Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, hosts thousands of marine species. The city of Cairns is a gateway to the reef and tropical Daintree Rainforest. The capital, Brisbane, is flanked by the surfing beaches of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.