“The second is an agency registered nurse who last worked at the residence yesterday.” The resident, who had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, is asymptomatic but will be transferred to hospital for public health reasons, coordinated by the Department of Health.
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There are no new cases in hotel quarantine, more than 24,000 tests were processed and more than 17,000 vaccine doses were administered on Sunday. The employee had received the first dose of the vaccine and is also asymptomatic. All team members who worked at Arcare on Saturday are isolating and will get a Covid-19 test. Race to track down source of variant
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VCE English teacher Michelle Parker will feel unsafe and undervalued when she returns to work in person on Friday morning.
Being under 40 with no underlying health issues, Ms Parker is not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination, like many of her colleagues, but she is required to be back in her Melbourne classroom.
Teacher Michelle Parker is concerned about being made to return to the classroom.
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“I’ll be in close contact with hundreds of people a day and virtually unable to socially distance in small, poorly ventilated classrooms with up to 26 students,” she said.
“We’re in this completely un-COVID-safe environment. It doesn’t make sense.”
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