COVID-19 update 337 | 29/01/2022
Dear colleagues,
- Pop up vaccination clinics
- Staff testing services
Today there are 10,391 reported new cases of COVID-19 in Queensland, with 833 people in hospital, 53 in ICU and sadly 12 deaths.
Pop up vaccination clinics
Metro North Health is facilitating pop-up COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinics at local schools over the next two weeks. These sites are walk-in based vaccination hubs. For more information visit the Queensland Health website.
North Lakes State College The Corso, North Lakes Dates: Sat Jan 29 and Sun Jan 30 Time: 0900-1430 |
Narangba Valley State School Creekside Drive, Narangba Dates: Sat Jan 29 and Sun Jan 30 Time: 0900-1430 |
Burpengary State School 35 Station Road, Burpengary Dates: Mon 31 Jan and Tues 1 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Tullawong State School 60-90 Smiths Rd, Caboolture Date: Mon 31 Jan Time: 0900-1500 |
Eatons Hill State School Marilyn Terrace, Eatons Hill Clinic access from carpark on Apex Grove Date: Tues 1 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Albany Creek State School 696 Albany Creek, Albany Creek Date: Wed 2 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Norris Road State School 28 Greenore Street, Bracken Ridge Date: Wed 2 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Strathpine State School Don Court, Strathpine Date: Thurs 3rd Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Ferny Grove State School Finvoy Street, Ferny Grove Date: Thurs 3 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Taigum State School 266 Handford Road, Taigum Date: Fri 4 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Undurba State School 49 -57 Ogg Road, Murrumba Downs Date: Sat 5 Feb and Sun 6 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Moreton Downs State School 101 Lipscombe Road, Deception Bay Date: Sat 5 Feb and Sun 6 Feb Time: 0900-1430 |
Staff testing services
Staff RAT kit collection is available from:
- RBWH Education Centre, 9.00am – 4.00pm, Mon to Fri and 9.00am – 3.45pm Sat and Sun
- Brighton Health Campus Wellness Hub, Monday to Friday 10.00am-2.00pm
Staff (and accompanied family member) PCR testing is available from:
- TPCH located in Outpatients B (former Children’s Outpatients Department): 7 days, 7.00am to 2.00pm (public fever clinic open 8.30am to 4.00pm, 7 days)
- Caboolture Hospital staff carpark: 7 days, 7.30am to 3.30pm (the staff car park is open for all Metro North staff accessing the clinic)
- RBWH Education Centre, Central Drive: 9.00am – 4.15pm, Mon to Fri and 9.00am – 3.45pm Sat and Sun.
Kind regards,
Mark Butterworth
Metro North Health Incident Controller
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Current Metro North Health tier activated – Tier 4
Helpful links
- Register your positive RAT result
- Upload evidence of your vaccine
- Qld Health contact tracing list
- Register for your vaccine
- Qld Health general COVID-19 page
- Metro North COVID-19 extranet
- COVID vidcast recordings on QHEPS
Metro North HHS – overview of cases*
Patients managed by HHS | Fever clinics | ||||||
Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Deaths** | No. of clinics | Presentations | |||
Total | ICU patients | Total^ | |||||
ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
139 | 2 | 5 | 1196 | 15 | 7 | 958 |
Norfolk Island – overview of cases****
Patients managed by HHS | Close Contacts in quarantine | ||||||
Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Total cases including recovered | Deaths | ||||
Total | ICU patients | ||||||
ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 6 |
*As at the above date
**Metro North Health has 15 recorded deaths (one person a return traveller into NSW, who passed away in NSW)
*** These numbers reflect the cases being managed by Metro North Health.
**** As part of an Intergovernmental Agreement, from 1 January 2022 Metro North Health is providing a number of health support services to Norfolk Island. This includes advice and support to staff on island in terms of managing COVID patients. The numbers in this section of the table refer to COVID patients who remain on Norfolk Island and are receiving direct care by staff on Norfolk Island.