Aged care executive condemns Scott Morrison’s strategy of ‘pushing through’ Covid crisis

Staff are ‘significantly underpaid’ and working huge shifts while grappling with shortages made worse by the Omicron variant, according to the open letter. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

The chief executive of a major aged care provider has slammed the prime minister for suggesting Australians “push through” the Omicron crisis, warning his “exhausted” staff are at breaking point and some residents have been isolated in their rooms for 21 days straight.

Baptistcare chief executive, Charles Moore, penned a damning open letter on Thursday saying his organisation “cannot stay silent” over Morrison’s comments.