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Patient transfers can occur between hospitals as part of Queensland s broader management of COVID-19 patients, the spokeswoman said. The update came as the state s chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young revealed Queensland Health believed it had identified the missing link in the first of Brisbane s two most recent clusters. A nurse from Princess Alexandra Hospital, who was no longer an active case and no longer infectious, was pinpointed through serology testing. Dr Young said the investigation had revealed she was most likely infectious in mid-March. The investigation linked the nurse directly to the same patient who had infected another clinician and the pair had worked on the same ward.
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Queenslanders and other travellers who visited Brisbane in recent weeks say it is grossly unfair they are still being kept in quarantine in Tasmania, despite the easing COVID-19 situation in Greater Brisbane.
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The detainees are pleading with the Tasmanian government to release them before their mandated 14-day quarantine period is over.
Two COVID-19 clusters emanating from a doctor and a nurse at Brisbane s Princess Alexandra Hospital had resulted in a growing number of cases in recent weeks.
Aussie man hospitalised after AstraZeneca jab A man has been admitted to a Melbourne hospital with a rare blood clotting condition following the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Health by Erin Lyons, Shoba Rao, James Hall 2nd Apr 2021 1:25 PM
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Subscriber only A man has been admitted to a Melbourne hospital with a rare blood clotting condition following the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The Australian reports Australia s chief health officers are urgently reviewing the case after he got the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 22, presented to hospital suffering fever and abdominal pain and was found to have abdominal clots with a very low platelet count.