Article 56P12 Families at Melbourne nursing home say staff testing was delayed after coronavirus case

Families at Melbourne nursing home say staff testing was delayed after coronavirus case

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Luke Henriques-Gomes
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Staff at Estia's Keilor Downs aged care home were tested four days after the company was told a worker had tested positive to Covid-19

Private sector aged care giant Estia is battling a third Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne after two staff members and a resident tested positive at a facility in Keilor Downs.

The ASX-listed Estia is one of Australia's largest providers and has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic in Melbourne, with two of its Victorian sites linked to 238 cases and both among the five largest aged care outbreaks in the state.

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