Coronavirus Australia: Body carried away from care home in rug - Daily Mail

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  

By Charlie Coë For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press

Published: 16:36 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 18:38 BST, 29 July 2020

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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.

YOUR 90-SECOND GUIDE TO THE LATEST ON CORONAVIRUS IN AUSTRALIA  

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

* Australia has recorded 399 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, 384 in Victoria, 14 in NSW and one in quarantine in South Australia.

* Another six Victorians aged in their 70s to 90s have died, including four aged care residents. Their deaths take the state's toll to 83 and the national figure to 167.

* Premier Daniel Andrews drew the ire of federal ministers when he told reporters he wouldn't let his mum be put in some of Victoria's private aged care facilities as he didn't have the confidence staff and management could provide appropriate care.

* All non-urgent, category two elective surgery will be suspended in Melbourne hospitals to free up space for at-risk aged care residents being transferred out of the worst virus-affected facilities. As of Tuesday, 260 people are in hospital with COVID-19 while 45 are in intensive care.

* NSW Police arrested the organiser of a Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney after the Supreme Court agreed they were allowed to ban the rally over infection concerns.

ECONOMICS

* Rents across Australia fell by 0.5 per cent in the June quarter, the biggest drop since September 2018. Hobart and Sydney fell 2.3 and 1.3 per cent respectively.

* Victoria's renewed lockdown is taking a further toll with the state shedding 7.3 per cent of payroll jobs between mid-March and mid-July while wages dropped 4.8 per cent.

* Nationwide, job numbers were trending upwards from late-May to late-June until the resurge in infections, with six times as many job losses among women as in men.

SPORT

* The Australian Open golf championship has been postponed to sometime between January and March 2021.

* Cricket Australia is negotiating with state authorities over the 14-day mandatory quarantine to allow players to practice in the nets while isolating in hotels.

KEY DATES

* July 28 - From midnight, South Australians will not be allowed to return home from Victoria while caps will be re-imposed on family gatherings, funerals and weddings.

* August 7 - Tasmania will allow travellers from South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. A decision will also be made on including NSW, Queensland and ACT.

* August 15 - Tentative date for WA to lift all remaining restrictions, except border closures and access to remote Aboriginal communities.

* August 19 - The date flagged for Victoria's six-week lockdown to end at 11.59pm.

AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS

* Australia's total number of cases is now 15,304 with 5826 active and 9431 recovered.

* The national death toll as of Tuesday is 167: NSW 49, Victoria 83, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 6, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).

GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS

* Cases: at least 16,652,435

* Deaths: at least 656,678

* Recovered: at least 10,242,657

Data current as of 1730 AEST July 28, taking in federal government and state/territory government updates, Worldometer and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre.

 

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