COVID-19 update 330 | 22/01/2022
Dear colleagues,
- Fit testing this weekend
- Entering Queensland from overseas
Today there are 15,050 reported new cases of COVID-19 in Queensland. We continue to be prepared to care for those cases that need hospital services.
Fit testing this weekend
In order to be prepared to care for our cases we have ramped up fit testing for those that have yet to be fit tested, and for those that are fitted for masks that are in low supply. Fit testing is available this weekend as follows:
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- Ned Hanlon Building, room 6614
- Saturday and Sunday, 7.00am – 3.30pm
- The Prince Charles Hospital
- Education Centre, Room 13
- Saturday and Sunday, 7.45am – 4pm (walk in service)
- Redcliffe Hospital
- Located in the demountable at the front of the hospital between the ED and main entrance
- Saturday and Sunday, 8.00am – 4.30pm
- North Lakes Health Precinct
- Saturday and Sunday, 8.00am – 3.00pm
- Cooinda Residential Aged Care
- Saturday, 8.00am – 3.00pm
- Sunday, 10.00am – 6.00pm
Entering Queensland from overseas
From 1am this morning Quarantine for International Arrivals Direction (No. 20) is in effect which means that fully vaccinated international arrivals to Queensland are not required to quarantine if:
- They have undertaken a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of their arrival in Queensland, and
- They isolate at their residence, accommodation or boat until they receive a negative result.
Unvaccinated international travellers will need to quarantine on arrival at Queensland in government-nominated accommodation.
A special thank you to staff who continue to perform PCR testing to the public and our fit testing staff. Both cohorts have been working endlessly to make sure our community and colleagues feel safe and protected.
Kind regards,
Dr Liz Rushbrook
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 | ||||||
| 164 | 10 | 1 | 1159 | 8 | 7 | 1233 | |
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 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 19 | |
*As at the above date
**Metro North Health has four 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.