A union has warned of potentially catastrophic consequences unless Queensland ensures all nurses treating coronavirus patients have masks that actually fit. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union has ramped up its year-long battle to improve protective gear and safeguards for staff treating COVID-19 patients in public hospitals. It welcomed recommendations for a fit-testing audit of… Read More: Nurses lodge dispute over protective gear »
Victoria’s Holiday Inn COVID-19 outbreak is officially over as other states confront new hotel quarantine linked scares. The Department of Health on Sunday announced the last active coronavirus case connected to the Melbourne Airport hotel was cleared on Saturday. In all, the cluster infected 24 people after a Holiday Inn worker first tested positive on… Read More: Vic Holiday Inn outbreak officially over »
As a longtime supporter of New York City’s public schools, mom of four Rebecca never imagined she would need to educate her kids outside of the system. But last month, the Queens-based nurse and her husband, a self-employed contractor, used a home-equity loan to pay a total of $ 36,000 in tuition for their three… Read More: Parents risk going broke paying for private schools over virtual »
Several restaurants in Sydney’s Potts Point have voluntarily shut their doors until the end of the week amid concerns the inner eastern suburb could be the next NSW coronavirus hotspot. Three more positive cases in the densely populated suburb involving The Apollo and Thai Rock restaurants were among 14 new COVID-19 cases announced on Tuesday,… Read More: Sydney venues shut over COVID, 14 cases »