Newmarch House: NSW blasted for not acting sooner on Sydney's coronavirus-stricken aged care home

State Labor leader Jodi McKay says families 'have been battling' for 19 days to get adequate care and were not always being given the choice to transfer sick relatives to hospital

New South Wales Labor leader Jodi McKay has criticised the state government for not acting sooner on the coronavirus-stricken Newmarch House aged care home, and said families were not always given the choice to transfer Covid-19 positive residents to hospital.

Anglicare, the company in charge of Newmarch House, announced on Tuesday that five residents of the western Sydney facility had died over a 24-hour period, bringing the death toll to 11. Some 34 residents and 22 staff members have tested positive to Covid-19.