In this edition:

• Interim Guidance on managing public health restrictions on residential aged care facilities
• Interim Guidance on permissions and restrictions for workers in aged care
• Boosters to be mandatory for all residential aged care workers across Australia
• ATAGI – new definition on ‘up-to-date’ status for COVID-19 vaccination
• New HealthDirect Line for residential aged care facilities managing COVID-19
• Rapid Antigen Test Kits – update on supply for residential aged care facilities
• Streamlined changes to reporting a COVID-19 outbreak or exposure in residential aged care
• Factsheet on managing your workforce affected by Omicron
• Oral antivirals for RACFs – link to webinar held on Monday 7 February 2022

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Protecting Older Australians: COVID-19 Update – 21 January 2022