COVID-19 update 365 | 26/02/2022
- Flooding update – stay safe this weekend
- Tier move next week
- How to register your booster
Today there were 4838 reported new COVID cases in Queensland.
Flooding update
Some of our facilities and many of our staff have been substantially isolated by flood waters within the Metro North region. This is particularly affecting our colleagues who work at Caboolture Hospital and/or living in this area – but there are also lots of areas in the Redcliffe Peninsular and Greater Brisbane areas affected.
Our hospital and HHS Incident Management Teams (IMT) are active this weekend working to manage the impact of this weather event on our services.
Staff working at Caboolture are able to access the hospital via train at this time (the Caboolture line is running, with minor weather disruptions to some stations).
If you are unable to access your Metro North place of employment for your rostered shift please notify your supervisor as soon as practical. We will make arrangements for you to work at another facility if appropriate.
Call out to staff: For any Metro North staff that may be currently in the Caboolture area and are willing to work rostered or additional shifts, I encourage you to contact your Hospital Co-ordinator to let them know of your interest. We will work with you to determine if there is an appropriate opportunity to work at Caboolture Hospital.
Authorities have warned the downpour is set to continue and have asked Queenslanders to limit unnecessary travel. Please stay home where possible and if you are working this weekend, please ensure you have a safe route to and from work. If it’s flooded, forget it.
Tier move next week
As mentioned yesterday we will be moving down to Tier 2 of our COVID response plan from 7am Monday 28 February. The Tier 2 plan will be available on Monday. You will be provided details of what this change means.
PPE requirements are no longer linked to our response tier, as this is now managed centrally in Queensland. We remain high risk category of the Queensland PPE matrix. Please continue to wear the appropriate PPE for your type of work.
How to register your booster
Kind 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
- 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 | Yesterday | |||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 42 | 0 | 2 | 298 | 42 | 4 | 182 | |
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 | 11 | 111 | 0 | 1 | |
*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.