Bundled up in a RUG and carted off to the morgue: The grim reality of the coronavirus crisis in Melbourne's care homes is captured in harrowing pictures - as another seven residents die
- Harrowing photos have shown bodies being removed from coronavirus-stricken Epping Gardens care home
- One seemed to be wrapped in a rug and being wheeled out of the home in Melbourne's north on Wednesday
- Multiple patients were also seen being wheeled on gurneys out of the home and into waiting ambulances
- Comes as nine more deaths from COVID-19 confirmed in Victoria - with seven from private aged care homes
- 952 active cases in Victoria are linked to besieged aged care sector, with 87 facilities having active outbreaks
The human cost of Melbourne's coronavirus second wave on its vulnerable aged care sector has been laid bare by a harrowing photo of a body wrapped in a rug being wheeled out of a nursing home.
Medical workers clad in protective gear on Wednesday were pictured moving the body from the COVID-19-stricken Epping Gardens Aged Care Facility in Melbourne's north and into a waiting van.
Another distressing photo taken at the home - linked to 83 infections of the virus and six deaths - showed a body covered in a black cloth being moved into a white van by what looked like funeral workers.
The sobering images come on another horrific day in Victoria's battle against the virus, with Premier Daniel Andrews confirming another 295 infections and nine deaths on Wednesday - seven of which came from private aged care facilities.
Several patients were also seen being wheeled on gurneys out of the home and into ambulances as Mr Andrews' ban on elective surgeries frees up beds for elderly Victorians suffering from the virus.
As of Wednesday, 80 residents have also been transferred out of St Basil's Homes for the Aged in Fawkner, 34 residents transferred from Epping Gardens and Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes in Kilsyth has had 30 residents transferred.
The Victorian premier has meanwhile announced a major re-distribution of medical resources to the besieged aged care sector, which is now linked to 952 active cases.
A body has been pictured being wheeled out of the COVID-19-stricken Epping Gardens Aged Care Facility in Melbourne's north on another deadly day in Victoria's battle against the virus
A medical worker dressed in protective clothing wheels a body towards a waiting van at the aged care home on Wednesday
The body is pictured being moved into the van as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Wednesday confirmed another 295 infections in the state
Another sobering photo showed a body being moved by what appeared to be funeral workers into a white van outside the care home. Nine more deaths from the virus have been confirmed in Victoria on Wednesday - seven of which are linked to private aged care homes
Pictured: A body being removed from the care home on Wednesday. A major re-distribution of medical resources to the besieged aged care sector is underway in Victoria
There are 952 active COVID-19 in Victoria linked to aged care as a second wave of infections ravages the vulnerable sector
Mr Andrews said nurses from hospitals had also been redeployed to short-staffed nursing homes, with 400 shifts already filled.
The latest state government figures released on Wednesday show there are 952 active cases linked to aged care, with 87 facilities having active outbreaks.
'It is not the fault that those facilities have outbreaks,' said federal health department secretary Brendan Murphy.
'We know that residents and families have often observed breaches ... These incursions of this virus into these facilities are essentially unavoidable.'
Mr Andrews reiterated the government's ongoing message that Victorians must stay home if they are at all unwell in order to drive down case numbers and prevent further outbreaks.
'If you are sick, you cannot go to work. If you are sick you cannot go to the shops,' he said.
Ambulance officers transport a masked aged care resident from the Epping Gardens aged care facility on Wednesday
Multiple patients were seen being wheeled on gurneys out of the home and into ambulances as Mr Andrews' ban on elective surgeries frees up beds for elderly Victorians suffering from the virus
'If you are sick there's only one thing to do and that is to get tested and to get tested quickly, and then to stay at home.'
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has also revealed the Australian Medical Assistance Team, specially trained in handling humanitarian disasters, would be sent to Victoria.
'They are the best of the best, they are the SAS of the medical world,' he told reporters on Tuesday.
'AUSMAT, which has helped out in other states and territories, will be coming to Victoria.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced the Australian Medical Assistance Team would be sent to nursing homes in Melbourne
The specialist team will tackle the coronavirus crisis that has affected at least 77 nursing homes. Pictured is an aged care resident being taken to an ambulance at the Epping Gardens care home
'They've assisted with quarantine, they've assisted in Western Australia, they've assisted with activities around the country.'
An extra five million masks and 500,000 face shields will also be provided for workers after 804 active COVID-19 cases were linked to aged care homes.
The specialist team will join nurses from Victoria, NSW and South Australia looking after Melbourne's aged care homes.
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