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2.40am BST
This is very bad.
The total number of aged care homes residents infected with coronavirus is 3.5 times higher today than it was at the start of the month. 251 have now been infected since the pandemic began.
This is a looming disaster.
The fatality rate of infected residents before July was 44%
2.40am BST
Chant said NSW health authorities “encourage the use of masks where social distancing is not available”.
She said that if people have cold or flu symptoms they should not go out and about, but should instead self-isolate and get a test.
We also really want to reinforce the messages about social distancing and hand hygiene and we see masks as the fourth prong of a strategy which is really around where you can’t socially distance, use masks to prevent transmission.