26 October 2021

Dear colleagues,

Metro North has moved to Tier 0 in our COVID response plan. We remain on low risk PPE.

Please note, the Chief Health Officer’s mandatory face mask direction is still in place, so this is the minimum requirement:

Outdoors

You must wear a face mask outdoors in impacted areas when you are unable to stay 1.5 metres away from people who are not from your household. You must also wear a face mask at public transport waiting areas or taxi ranks and in outdoor workplaces. Masks do not have to be worn if:

• you are seated
• you are alone or with the members of your household
• you are eating or drinking
• you are participating in strenuous exercise
• it is unsafe to wear a mask.

Indoors

You must wear a face mask at all times when you are indoors, including workplaces when you are unable to stay 1.5 metres away from people who are not from your household unless:

• you are seated
• you are at your residence
• you are eating or drinking
• you are a patron inside a hospitality venue such as a café or restaurant
• you are inside a sports stadium
• it is unsafe to wear a mask.

Today there are two new community cases of COVID-19. New locations across South East Queensland have been added to the contact tracing list. Please check the list regularly and remember to use the Qld Check In app when moving around our campuses.

Regards,

Mark Butterworth
Metro North Health Incident Controller 

Helpful links

• 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*

*As at 26/10/2021 at 1000
**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.