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Life under social isolation or mandatory "stay home orders".
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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1981086, member: 81934"] 14 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 212 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 37 < Pt3 VIC > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 14/1/2022 VIC VIC recorded 34836 new +ve PCRs & RATs, VIC local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE is now 537121 cases. VIC recorded 18 delta deaths.. Omicron VOC is the dominant strain in Victoria as it is in NSW. Density limits are in place in Victoria . Vic Health has mandated that RAT +ves must be reported. VIC Reff = 1.16 VIC PCR POSITIVITY = 30.6% [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/NfhssBkh/14jan2022-DAILY-PCR-ONLY-POSITIVITY-VIC.png[/IMG] CALC EFFECTIVE VIC POSITIVITY PCR TESTS = 62445 +VE RATs = 15440 +VE PCRs = 19396 ==> +VE (RATs + PCRs) = 15440 + 19396 = 34836 ==> TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 62445 + 15440 = 77885 EFFECTIVE POSITIVITY = +VE (RATs + PCRs) / TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 34836/ 77885 = 44.7 % VIC LOCAL DAILY PCR CASES [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/nz0m8MDt/14jan2022-DAILY-LOCAL-CASES-VIC.png[/IMG] Medihotels being set up as Victoria records 34,836 new COVID-19 cases. 2 medihotels are being set up in Melbourne to ease the pressure on hospitals as Victoria has recorded another 34,836 new COVID-19 cases today and 18 deaths. The number of infected patients requiring treatment has also risen, with 976 people currently being cared for in hospitals. Of those, 112 are in the ICU, while 30 require ventilation. There are now some 230,000 active cases of the virus across Victoria. Victoria's Acting Health Minister James Merlino announced 2 Melbourne quarantine hotels will be converted to medihotels in "a sensible next step" to support healthcare workers in dealing with COVID-19 cases. Mr Merlino said COVID-19 patients who needed less complex care would be taken from hospital to the medihotels. "All patients will be medically assessed by the hospital before transfer," he said. The first patients will be transferred to the medihotels from Monday. The medihotels will have capacity to provide care for over 300 patients at a time in partnership with Northern Health and Royal Melbourne Hospital. The Pullman Melbourne on Swanston Street and the Mantra Epping will be used as the medihotels. Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced the sectors of emergency services, education, critical utilities, custodial facilities and transport and freight would join the food production and distribution industries in exempting critical workers from seven-day isolation as of next Tuesday. "Those sectors will join the food sector in a broad sense," Mr Andrews said. "They will be exempt if they are playing a critical role, from having to do home isolation. "They will need to take a right test for five days and if that is negative they can proceed to do that critical work." COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar warned the loosened isolation rules were not an "open slather" for all workers within those sectors to dodge isolation, with only those performing a critical work function permitted to go to work. "They need to be treated with significant care," he said. "From the Omicron wave, we know that around quarter or half of close contacts will ultimately become infected." The state recorded 37,169 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, and 25 deaths. Booster shots could also be made mandatory for additional industries, as extra vaccine supplies are rolled out. Mr Andrews said a supply of booster vaccines will be given to Woolworths and Coles so they can set up booster clinics to help get staff vaccinated. "We will provide them with the supply and they will most likely engage a private provider to administer the vaccine," he said. Allied health workers asked to fill in as nurses at hospitals feel strain of Omicron surge.Bendigo Health is looking at new ways to support short-staffed departments as it responds to having a significant number of its workforce furloughed with COVID-19. There are about 50 Bendigo Health staff furloughed each day, approximately 75 per cent of whom are nurses. The shortage has prompted the hospital to turn to allied health workers for support. Jacob Moresi, who has been a physiotherapist at Bendigo Health for six years, has recently started doing something he's never done before —working shifts as a nurse. "I was a little bit nervous to be honest on my first shift," he said. "We've got a very good working relationship, we work with them every day, so they helped orientate me pretty quickly." Bendigo Health has started putting regular call-outs to its allied health workers, asking if they wanted to do extra shifts as nurses. Mr Moresi jumped at the opportunity to help his colleagues in a time of need. "Seeing their profession needing a bit of extra assistance and help, I was more than happy to step up and help," he said. "I think nurses are fundamental to how hospitals work and without them, it would come crashing down pretty quickly." Melinda Charlesworth, acting director of Allied Health, said her staff could not replace nurses and had different training, but were providing skilled help. "We're not trying to be the nurses and we are not able to do all the things they do. "It's often that they're [allied health staff are] doing a little bit extra on a weekend or on a day they wouldn't normally work." More workers doing double shifts The nursing shifts are usually on top of their usual hours; for some, it turns an 8-hour day into a 13-hour day. But Mr Moresi isn't worried about burnout. "We are quite mindful about not doing two [extra] shifts back to back," he said. "We know work-life balance is very important." On nursing shifts, allied health workers can do a variety of tasks, like take vital signs and help transport patients. "[We can] transport someone to their toilet if there are issues with their mobility," Mr Moresi said. "We can help feed them if they have issues with their upper arms." Bendigo Health says it has also onboarded nursing graduates early and is redeploying staff to areas of highest need. "We've also had students and new graduates in all sorts of areas who've stepped in to support as well," Ms Charlesworth said. Shortages all across the system Nurse-practitioners and doctors aren't the only members of the health workforce who are struggling with staffing. "It's a challenge for all of our health staffing and the nurses are helping the allied health out as well," Ms Charlesworth said. "There has been a bit of internal shuffling at times." Dale Fraser, chief executive of Grampians Health, which covers health services from Ballarat to the SA border, said there was a great deal of pressure on the hospital system in regional areas. "Hospitals have been working under a code structure for the last 18 months or more now. "What that has done is it has created an incident management process that ensures we're allowed to be flexible and dynamic to meet changing circumstances as they arise. "COVID has certainly presented some opportunities where that has been the case. "That just heightens the importance of people being aware the system is under strain and that they need to be getting their booster shots and wearing masks." A spokesperson for Horsham Hospital said about 20 staff were currently furloughed. [/QUOTE]
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