Message from the Metro North Health Incident Controller – COVID-19 update 406 | 11/05/2022
Dear colleagues,
Today we have 454 patients being cared for in Metro North with COVID-19. Of those, 55 are in hospital.
We have 377 staff away who are COVID-19 positive right now.
This is a timely reminder to continue taking precautions to keep yourself safe against both COVID-19 and the flu, with flu cases also on the rise, and to get your flu shot at one of our staff clinics if you haven’t already.
Vulnerable or high-risk setting entry restrictions
There have been changes to the Public Health Direction around workers at vulnerable or high-risk settings who are arriving from overseas. This means:
An international arrival, who enters Queensland from a place outside of Australia is not permitted to enter a vulnerable or high-risk setting during the 7 days after arriving in Queensland, unless the person:
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- is a worker in a vulnerable or high-risk setting; and
- complies with the vaccination requirements for a worker at the vulnerable or high-risk setting; and
- has no symptoms consistent with COVID-19; and
- undertakes a COVID-19 test and receives a negative test result before commencing duties and every second day thereafter until 7 days have passed from arrival into Queensland; and
- the worker uses personal protective equipment as required by the responsible person for the vulnerable or high-risk setting until 7 days have passed from arrival into Queensland; and
- the responsible person agrees to the worker returning to the vulnerable or high-risk setting, and to the extent of any inconsistency with another public health direction, this provision prevails to allow the worker to enter the vulnerable or high risk setting for the performance of their official duties.
Wet weather
Wet weather is predicted to continue across the week, and we know this can impact staff travel to work. Please keep this in mind when planning your journey and stay safe during this time.
Regards,
Louise O’Riordan
Metro North Health Incident Controller
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Current Metro North Health tier activated – Tier 3
Helpful links
- Register your positive RAT result
- Upload evidence of your vaccine or booster
- Vaccination locations
- 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 | Yesterday | |||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 55 | 1 | 1 | 399 | 80 | 3 | 147 | |
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 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 471 | 0 | 59 | |
*As at the above date
**Metro North Health has recorded deaths (one person a return traveller into NSW, who passed away in NSW)
*** 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.