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Some 70% of second wave covid-19 infections in health workers in the Australian state of Victoria have been acquired through their work, the state government said this week The figure was disclosed on 25 August, as Victoria\'s capital city Melbourne remains under lockdown after a spike of cases in July 1 Two weeks ago, the Victorian state health minister Jenny Mikakos told a Public Accounts and Estimates committee that only 10% to 15% of health worker infections were acquired through their work 1 But this figure was largely based on the analysis of healthcare worker infections in the first wave of the virus, with healthcare infections much higher in the second wave So far, doctors have comprised 5% (106) of health worker cases in the second wave (through July and August), with 63 doctors thought to have been infected at work in this period 2 Nurses make up around 40% (922) of health worker cases, and those who care for older people make up another 40% (924)
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