Coronavirus Australia latest updates: Daniel Andrews to front Victoria's Covid inquiry as NSW school clusters have state on high alert – live news
Premier of Victoria will be the first witness called at the second sitting of the Covid-19 inquiry on Tuesday. Follow live
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With the federal aged care response under its own microscope, Melissa Davey has this story, from Melbourne:
Two nurses working at a private hospital accepting residents from aged care homes have tested positive for Covid-19, a senior doctor says mass transportation of elderly residents to multiple hospitals is a catastrophe waiting to happen".https://t.co/Xbh8F17yvY
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The Victorian premier will front the Victorian Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearing into the Covid response today, with the hotel quarantine program under the spotlight.
Two federal officials who were involved in the Ruby Princess docking have been so far shielded from having to appear at the inquiry set up in NSW to investigate what went wrong there.
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