Two more residents at an aged care home in Sydney have tested positive to COVID-19, as the daughter of two elderly residents infected with the virus said she has "grave concerns" over the handling of the growing outbreak.
Kathie Melocco's parents were among three residents at the Summit Care home in Baulkham Hills who tested positive to the virus over the weekend with two more infections announced this morning.
"It seems one of the most dangerous places in Australia to be at the moment is in aged care," Ms Melocco told Today.
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The home released a statement this morning informing residents and family members of the additional cases.
The two new infections come after the home was placed into lockdown last Friday after an unvaccinated nurse who worked there tested positive.
Yesterday's cases include a woman in her 80s, a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s.
Ms Melocco's parents were taken to Westmead Hospital and remain "comfortable and asymptomatic", according to the statement from Summit Care today.
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Today's cases will also be transferred to hospital as a "precautionary measure".
A second nurse at the facility also tested positive to the virus last week.
Ms Melocco said she was only notified about the infected staff member via the media.
"Before they got moved, Dad was such distress that people were walking in and out and weren't even telling them what was going on. It was cruel," she said.
"They are in hospital and they feel safer than they do in their own home."
Two-thirds of the staff working at the Sydney aged care home at the centre of a new COVID-19 outbreak remain unvaccinated, the facility's manager has confirmed.
SummitCare said the industry was previously unable to mandate vaccinations for its staff.
"The aged care industry has been pushing the government for several months to make vaccinations of workers mandatory and we are pleased to now be able to implement its new position," it said in a statement this morning.
"SummitCare Baulkham Hills is doing its best to ensure the safety and well-being of residents, 96 per cent of whom have been fully vaccinated in accordance with Government guidelines for best practice.
"Our residents are well cared for and we have overwhelming support from our relatives and residents all of whom are fully informed and comfortable with their care."
Ms Melocco slammed Australia's vaccine rollout, saying families have a right to know if workers are unvaccinated.
"If you have unvaccinated people doing the most intimate of functions with those that vulnerable in the case of toileting and showering, of course they are going to get COVID if it is transmissible," she said.
