Australian Made Ventilation Hoods Sent to Torres Strait for Extra Medical Protection
Healthcare workers in the remote Torres Strait Islands will soon receive Australian-made ventilation hoods to help protect staff from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, amid a nearby outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The first of three ventilation Medihoods are being sent to a remote hospital in the Torres Strait after vaccinations were paused in the region.
The hospital is a referral point for 17 Primary Health Care Centres in the Torres Strait Islands.
The islands in the Torres Strait are home to many indigenous Australians who are classed as being among the most vulnerable to the virus’s health impacts.
The Queensland woman attended the superspreader hen s party last month
The woman had returned four negative polymerase chain reaction tests
She returned a positive result on her final test, which checks for antibodies
The case was linked to an outbreak at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane
The cluster sparked a three-day snap lockdown while traced all known contacts
It led to 13 Covid cases, including the male entertainer who was at the hen s
Queensland to recalibrate Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the state as Torres Strait pauses AstraZeneca program
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Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young is encouraging people over 50 to continue coming forward to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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The COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the Torres Strait Islands has been paused by the local health service, as it works through the implications of changed advice for administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 50.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said today the rollout would continue in the Torres Strait, located close to COVID-19-stricken Papua New Guinea, as authorities worked to recalibrate the rollout, which would include setting up more Pfizer hubs across the state.