Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator McLachlan for the question. Information for families and friends is contained in the fact sheets that I have just tabled. The fact sheets inform residents in aged-care homes, and their families and visitors, how good hand, sneeze and cough hygiene is the best defence against most viruses: washing hands frequently with soap and water before and after eating and toileting, covering coughs and sneezes, disposing of tissues, using alcohol based hand sanitizers, and avoiding contact with others when unwell. It also provides guidance about the travel restrictions initially put in place by the government on 1 February 2020, including the circumstances in which a resident may need to self-isolate in an aged-care home and what it means to be isolated.