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PPE guidelines under review as health worker infections pass 600

Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton is 'open' to mandating extra PPE
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31 July 2020
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Professor Brett Sutton.

The Chief Health Officer in Victoria has conceded current PPE may not be fully protecting doctors, as health worker coronavirus infections continue to escalate.

More than 600 doctors, nurses and other health workers are among the current active cases of COVID-19 in Victoria, compared with 150 two weeks ago.

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