16 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Burwood Hospital workers only now given N-95 masks, visors

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 16 April 2020

Health workers on the front line of the deadliest cluster of Covid-19 cases have only just been given access to the most protective type of face masks.

Six patients from the Rosewood Rest Home have died from Covid-19 after being transferred to Burwood Hospital and there are eight still being treated there with the disease.

But those caring for them have not been able to wear face visors and the safer, N-95 masks, until yesterday.

Health correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.