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Delayed N95 mask fit-testing at Victoria s coronavirus quarantine hotels rings alarm bells
FriFriday 19
FebFebruary 2021 at 9:19pm
Several certified fit testers tell the ABC it will take a few weeks to have all the staff earmarked to received N95 masks correctly fitted.
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The Victorian government has not started rolling out professionally fitted N95 masks to all hotel quarantine workers, despite fears it was one of the key protocol gaps that allowed the virus to escape the system and send Melbourne into a five-day lockdown.
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But so far, authorities haven t started rolling out professionally fitted N95 masks