Parents of 1,200 children in the Australian state of Victoria are being advised to get them tested for infectious diseases after a childcare worker was charged with more than 70 offenses including sexual assault.

Australian health authorities have issued an urgent call for approximately 1,200 children in Victoria to undergo testing for infectious diseases, following the charging of a childcare worker with dozens of sexual abuse offences.

Around 1,200 children are to undergo testing for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker, Joshua Dale Brown, was charged with a number of offences, including child rape.On Tuesday, July 1,