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<\/span><\/div>13 August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n Good news Friday!\u00a0Queensland\u00a0has recorded eight new cases of COVID-19 today, seven of them linked to the Indooroopilly State High School Delta outbreak and all detected in home quarantine, one on day 12 of\u00a0isolation.\u00a0The\u00a0other case was acquired overseas and detected in hotel quarantine.<\/p>\n Over the past 72 hours we have done a significant amount of work to prepare for the end of quarantine\u00a0last night and today\u00a0for\u00a0the first groups in the Indooroopilly cluster.<\/p>\n Border updates<\/strong><\/p>\n New:\u00a0<\/strong>From\u00a01am tomorrow\u00a0the ACT will be\u00a0a\u00a0declared hotspot\u00a0and Queensland\u2019s border\u00a0will close to\u00a0this\u00a0territory.\u00a0Anyone who arrived\u00a0in Queensland\u00a0on or after 9 August\u00a0from the ACT\u00a0must quarantine at home for 14 days.<\/p>\n If this applies to you, you will need to be tested for COVID-19 on days one, five and 12 after arrival from ACT.\u00a0Anyone who arrives after\u00a01am tomorrow morning must go into hotel quarantine for 14 days.\u00a0More information is available\u00a0on\u00a0the Queensland Health website<\/a>.<\/p>\n New:\u00a0<\/strong>From 12 pm yesterday, South Australia is no longer a\u00a0declared\u00a0hotspot.<\/p>\n Other border restrictions:<\/p>\n Border restrictions direction (no.33)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Direction has been updated\u00a0so that:<\/p>\n Interstate places of concern direction (Stay at home in Qld)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Direction has been updated\u00a0so that:<\/p>\n Helpful links<\/strong><\/p>\n Metro North\u00a0remains\u00a0on\u00a0Tier 1<\/a>\u202fin our COVID response plan\u00a0and\u00a0moderate risk PPE<\/a>, with fever clinic staff and emergency department triage staff wearing P2\/N95 masks.<\/p>\n Staff are reminded to get tested and isolate if experiencing\u00a0any\u00a0<\/strong>COVID-19 symptoms, including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath,\u00a0runny\u00a0nose, fatigue, loss of smell and\/ or taste, diarrhoea, vomiting or nausea.<\/p>\n Thank you to those working in our fever clinics and vaccination hubs, your non-stop work is helping all of us make our way through this outbreak!<\/p>\n Regards,<\/p>\n Louise O’Riordan\u00a0 <\/strong> Metro North HHS \u2013 overview of cases*<\/strong><\/p>\n **<\/strong><\/td>\n ***<\/strong><\/td>\n of clinics<\/strong><\/td>\n *As at\u202f13<\/em>\/08\/2021\u202fat\u202f1000\n
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\nMetro North Incident Controller<\/p>\n\n\n
\n HHS<\/strong><\/td>\n Patients being managed by HHS<\/strong><\/td>\n FEVER Clinics<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total In-patients<\/strong><\/td>\n Virtual Ward \/ HITH \/ or similar<\/strong><\/td>\n Deaths<\/strong><\/p>\n Total cases managed by HHS (including recovered)<\/strong><\/p>\n #<\/strong><\/p>\n Presentations<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n ICU Pts<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ICU-NOT Ventilated<\/strong><\/td>\n ICU-Ventilated<\/strong><\/td>\n Yesterday<\/strong><\/td>\n TOTAL^<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n MN TOTAL<\/td>\n 92<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 77<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 761<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 503<\/td>\n 228,685<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\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>