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<\/span><\/div>17 August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n The Chief Health Officer today announced two new COVID cases, one in hotel quarantine, and one associated with the Indooroopilly cluster who was already in home quarantine.<\/p>\n Border updates<\/strong><\/p>\n New: <\/strong>From 1am tomorrow (Wednesday 18 August) the Greater Darwin and Katherine regions in the Northern Territory will be declared hotspots. Anyone entering Queensland from these places will need to go into mandatory hotel quarantine.<\/p>\n Currently, the Australian Capital Territory, all of New South Wales, and all of Victoria are hotspots. More information is available on the Queensland Health website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Residential Aged Care Direction <\/strong><\/p>\n From today the Residential Aged Care Direction (No. 5)<\/a> has been published. The key points are:<\/p>\n Ekka public holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ekka public holidays for Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Scenic Rim have been rescheduled for Friday 29 October.<\/p>\n PPE<\/strong><\/p>\n Metro North remains on Tier 1<\/a>\u00a0in our COVID response plan and moderate risk PPE<\/a>, with fever clinic staff and emergency department triage staff wearing P2\/N95 masks.<\/p>\n We have updated the PPE guidelines for healthcare delivery<\/a> and for residential aged care and disability accommodation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Helpful links<\/strong><\/p>\n Please remember to get tested and isolate if experiencing any <\/strong>COVID-19 symptoms, including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, fatigue, loss of smell and\/ or taste, diarrhoea, vomiting or nausea.<\/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\u202f17<\/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 53<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 37<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 772<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 482<\/td>\n 230,016<\/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>