Moving aged care residents to multiple Melbourne hospitals amid Covid-19 'could be catastrophic'

Exclusive: doctor's warning comes as two nurses at hospital caring for people from care homes test positive for coronavirus

Two nurses working at a private hospital accepting residents from Victoria's beleaguered aged care system have tested positive for Covid-19, with a senior doctor describing the mass transportation of elderly residents to hospitals as a catastrophe waiting to happen".

The Victorian premier in July responded to coronavirus outbreaks in aged care homes throughout the state by saying he had no confidence in infection control" in some of the facilities and that residents from those homes would be moved into private and public hospitals.