SYDNEY: Docs urged that 1,200 Australian youngsters get examined for infectious illnesses on Tuesday (Jul 1) after police charged a former daycare employee with dozens of “deeply distressing” intercourse crimes.
Victoria police mentioned a 26-year-old man had been charged with greater than 70 crimes stemming from alleged sexual assaults towards eight youngsters aged between 5 months and two years previous.
“As you would think about, this was deeply distressing for the households to listen to,” police commander Janet Stevenson instructed reporters.
The person labored at 20 nursery faculties throughout the town of Melbourne between 2017 and 2025, Stevenson mentioned.
State chief well being officer Christian McGrath mentioned 1,200 youngsters who might have come into contact with the accused must be examined for “potential publicity” to infectious illnesses.
Authorities didn’t specify which illnesses the youngsters might have been uncovered to however mentioned they may very well be simply handled with antibiotics.
“We do perceive that that is one other distressing factor to this example,” McGrath, an infectious illnesses doctor, instructed reporters.
State Premier Jacinta Allan mentioned she was “sickened” by the person’s alleged crimes.
“They’re surprising and distressing,” she instructed reporters.
“And my coronary heart simply breaks for the households who’re dwelling each dad or mum’s worst nightmare.”
