‘Do what you reasonably can’: Queensland disability homes told to manage Covid alone

Exclusive: Emails reveal how state abandoned rapid response' plan for managing coronavirus in disability housing as Omicron hit

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Queensland authorities abandoned their own contingency plans to protect vulnerable disability housing residents in the event of a Covid outbreak, instead telling accommodation providers to manage positive cases themselves and just do what you reasonably can".

Emails obtained by Guardian Australia reveal the extent to which Queensland's health system planning quickly became overburdened by the Omicron outbreak.