Baghdad says hospitals may ‘lose control’ after spike in unsafe gatherings; police in Victoria warn protesters not to attend anti-lockdown rallies
My colleagues Ben Butler and Melissa Davey report today that three of the aged care homes in Melbourne worst hit by Covid-19 outbreaks are controlled by two large companies, which between them received more than $1.45bn in government funding over the past two years and paid out dividends to their shareholders totalling $77m.
Related: Millions for aged care investors, but homes lack nurses: where does $13bn in federal funding go?
Reuters reports that a former prime minister of the Cook Islands, Joseph Williams, has died of Covid-19 in Auckland, New Zealand’s health ministry said on Saturday, taking the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country to 24.
Williams, who was in his 80s, was a well known doctor as well as a politician and author, living in New Zealand. He was briefly prime minister of the Cook Islands in 1999 after having served as the South Pacific nation’s minister of health and education.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2QYm5jy
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks For Comment We will Contact You With In 24 Hours