Federal aged care minister says he’s ‘reluctant to have a public hit list’, saying smaller facilities cannot ‘handle a big media influx’
The federal aged care minister and officials from the health department have refused to publicly release a list of aged care facilities in Victoria battling outbreaks of coronavirus because the homes are worried about “reputational issues” and could be overwhelmed by media interest.
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