The Australian Government is closely monitoring the situation across the country, particularly in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Single site workforce arrangements and funding support for Adelaide in South Australia.

Given the current number of COVID-19 cases in Adelaide and following the declaration of a COVID-19 hotspot by the Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly to include the Metropolitan Adelaide area, workers at residential aged care facilities in impacted areas are asked to limit their work to a single facility to reduce the risk of transmission and protect workers and residents.

Australian Government grant funding is now available to support implementation of these arrangements in the Metropolitan Adelaide area during an initial two week period, from 20 July to 3 August 2021 .

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Single site funding support for COVID-19 impacted areas in South Australia