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Fears of COVID-19 cross-contamination between disability and aged care sectors

Person with disability doing dishes in the kitchen of his home.

Person with disability doing dishes in the kitchen of his home. Source: Getty

A Royal Commission assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disability has heard that people with disabilities fear discrimination when it comes to treatment, while fears grow for care sector cross-contamination.


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