Aged care minister urges states and territories not to drop Covid control measures in sector

Anika Wells' call for mask mandates and infection control measures to be kept comes as NSW relaxes vaccine rules for aged care visitors

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Aged care minister, Anika Wells, has written to states and territories urging them to maintain mask mandates and infection control measures across the sector as she warns the current Omicron wave will not peak for at least a fortnight.

Her warning comes as the peak group for the aged care industry wrote to the New South Wales government urging it to reverse a decision to drop vaccine requirements for visitors.

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