{"id":5438,"date":"2021-08-11T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2021-08-11T09:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:42:34","slug":"10-aug-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/covid-ic\/10-aug-2021","title":{"rendered":"10 August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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10 August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n

Today Queensland has recorded three new cases of COVID-19 in home quarantine, all linked to the Indooroopilly cluster.<\/p>\n

While this is good news, the Premier is urging Queenslander\u2019s not to travel into\u00a0NSW or even the QLD-NSW border zone after a COVID-19 positive man visited Byron Bay, Richmond Valley, Lismore and Ballina.<\/p>\n

Yesterday these four Local Government Areas (LGAs), which are within the QLD-NSW border zone, were put in a seven-day lockdown. Although the man didn\u2019t enter Queensland,\u00a0we are still concerned about the situation in NSW and cases creeping up to the border.<\/p>\n

Please note that anyone who lives in Queensland but had visited these four locked down LGAs since 31 July must comply with the lockdown direction.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you missed it yesterday, Metro North moved back to\u00a0Tier 1<\/a>\u00a0in our COVID response plan.\u00a0We remain on\u00a0moderate risk PPE<\/a>, with fever clinic staff and emergency department triage staff wearing P2\/N95 masks.<\/p>\n

Only fully vaccinated students (two doses) can return for clinical placements.<\/p>\n

Under Tier 1,\u00a0we encourage virtual meetings where possible,\u00a0minimise staff movement across facilities and\u00a0wards, maintain physical distancing,\u00a0and\u00a0ask that staff do not congregate in tea rooms.<\/p>\n

Visitors are now allowed at hospitals, aged care and disability accommodation services.\u00a0Concierge services\u00a0will continue\u00a0to ensure all visitors\u00a0and staff\u00a0are wearing masks and sign in\u00a0on arrival.<\/p>\n

Please continue to check the\u00a0Queensland Health contact tracing website<\/a>\u202f<\/em><\/strong>every day\u00a0as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your work over the past week\u00a0and it\u2019s lovely to see everyone back on-site as work from home arrangements lifted.<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p>\n

Louise O’Riordan\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nMetro North Incident Controller<\/p>\n

Metro North HHS \u2013 overview of cases*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
HHS<\/strong><\/td>\nPatients being managed by HHS<\/strong><\/td>\nFEVER Clinics<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total In-patients<\/strong><\/td>\nVirtual Ward \/ HITH \/ or similar<\/strong><\/td>\nDeaths<\/strong><\/p>\n

**<\/strong><\/td>\n

Total cases managed by HHS (including recovered)<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/td>\n

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of clinics<\/strong><\/td>\n

Presentations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nICU Pts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ICU-NOT Ventilated<\/strong><\/td>\nICU-Ventilated<\/strong><\/td>\nYesterday<\/strong><\/td>\nTOTAL^<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MN TOTAL<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n747<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n540<\/td>\n226,597<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*As at\u202f10<\/em>\/08\/2021\u202fat\u202f1000
\n<\/em>**Metro North Health has four recorded deaths (one person a return\u202ftraveller\u202finto NSW, who passed away in NSW)
\n<\/em>*** These numbers reflect the cases being managed by Metro North Health.\u202f<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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