Concerns over flu outbreak death toll in nursing homes

Health Minister Greg Hunt wants aged care workers vaccinated against the flu. (AAP)

Health Minister Greg Hunt wants aged care workers vaccinated against the flu. (AAP) Source: AAP

Federal health authorities are demanding answers after a second nursing home reported a spate of deaths from Australia's worst flu outbreak on record. Six elderly residents have died at Tasmania's Strathdevon aged care facility...following seven fatal cases in Victoria. And as Yin Wu reports, the Turnbull Government wants to know if more could have been done to prevent them.


 






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