(Bloomberg) -- The Australian government is seeking up to 1,000 registered nurses to undertake online education to enable them to re-enter the clinical workforce and assist with the management of the coronavirus.
The training will take the form of an online refresher course with up-to-date information about acute nursing care, including guidelines on Covid-19 infection control, Health Minister Greg Hunt said Tuesday. Separately, Hunt said the government is offering A$57.8 million ($34 million) funding for remote communities to prepare for an outbreak of Covid-19 after Prime Minister Scott Morrison Friday announced restrictions of access to these places.
The cases of coronavirus in Australia surged past 2,000 yesterday reaching 2,136 as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, up 427 from a day earlier.
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