A ship-up order has been issued to Upper Hunter nursing homes over COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Federal Government stats reveal less than 10 percent of residents at Murravale in Murrurundi have had their booster shot in the past six months.
That rate is 30 to 40 percent for those living at Uniting’s Elizabeth Gates and Alroy House in Singleton.
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The Herald reports the warning comes as the Hunter New England Local Health District was dealing with 20 aged-care outbreaks of COVID-19 as at the end of May.
Other Upper Hunter nursing home rates:
- Mercy Services (Singleton) 70 to 80%
- Calvary Muswellbrook 80 to 90%
- Strathearn House in Scone 80 to 90 %
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- Merton Court Denman 90 to 100%
- Calvary Cooinda in Singleton 90 to 100%: and
- Gummun Place Merriwa 90 to 100%