Labor calls on ADF to assist in opening fever clinics early

Shadow Health Minister Chris Bowen has suggested the Defence Force be called in to help bring forward the establishment of new fever clinics from May. Under the government’s $2.4 billion COVID-19 health package, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced it would fund the establishment of 100 fever clinics to assist with the response to the pandemic. Labor criticised the delay in opening the clinics, with Mr Bowen warning it was moving “too slow”. “We need the fever clinics up and running, even if they're not actively being used straight away,” he said. “This is a national emergency and it needs all the resources of the country applied to it. “We are suggesting that the ADF, our military capacity be deployed, where appropriate, to help the fever clinics open as soon as possible. "Please consider using the ADF as a matter of urgency to assist the respiratory clinics to be opened as soon as possible." Via news.com.au — Australia’s #1 news site https://www.news.com.au