Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has actually expressed issue about medical facility workers, who he has actually called the “last line of defence”, being amongst Victoria’s rising coronavirus case numbers.
Bottom line:
- 5 staff from The Alfred Hospital are believed to have obtained the virus in the neighborhood, while three infections were found through contact tracing
- A male in his 70 s passed away in Victoria overnight, bringing the national coronavirus death toll to 108
- More public real estate tower citizens, including those not part of the “tough lockdown”, have actually contracted COVID-19
His remarks came as citizens of public real estate towers which were not part of last week’s “tough lockdown” were reported as some of the 273 brand-new coronavirus cases recorded in Victoria
Premier Daniel Andrews said a guy in his 70 s died overnight, taking the national coronavirus death toll to 108.
There are now 57 Victorians with coronavirus in healthcare facility, consisting of 16 people in intensive care.
8 healthcare workers at The Alfred Health center have actually now tested favorable to COVID-19, in what is the 2nd outbreak at the healthcare facility considering that the pandemic began.
The healthcare facility stated five personnel were believed to have gotten the infection in the community, while 3 cases were spotted through contact tracing.
Currently no patients have contracted the infection within the hospital.
The contagious diseases ward now has a concierge at the entryway to log staff and the hospital has actually doubled its cleansing resources.
In March, 3 cancer patients died after contracting COVID-19 at