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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

‘It’s heartbreaking, it’s demoralising’: regulator intervenes at Sydney aged care home over Covid infections

A Covid outbreak at Bupa’s Clemton Park aged care home prompted intervention by the aged care regulator
A Covid outbreak at Bupa’s Clemton Park aged care home in Sydney has prompted intervention by the aged care regulator. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

The national aged care regulator has intervened in a south-west Sydney nursing home at the centre of a Covid outbreak after finding it failed to meet quality standards relating to infection control and effective management of the outbreak.

On 6 January, Guardian Australia reported on a major outbreak at the Bupa Clemton Park facility that saw more than 60 residents and staff become infected with Covid-19, and one fully vaccinated person in palliative care die.

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