Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[lovetravellingoz]

Sadly an ICU nurse treating Covid patients at RAH (Adelaide) is positive but seems to be doing ok. But many now have to be put in isolation.

Fortunately the viral loads here in Australia are much lower than the wards in places like Italy, where even previously healthy heath workers have often had poor outcomes, and so hopefully their outcome will be good.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Sadly an ICU nurse treating Covid patients at RAH (Adelaide) is positive but seems to be doing ok. But many now have to be put in isolation.

Post automatically merged: Apr 14, 2020

Does this include the 10 patients now positive at a care home where the medical person worked while sick?

It includes all cases as of 7.15Pm today.


What state are the 10 CV 19 cases you refer to, and were they all tested today?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Ok, obviously a new development..

Ten people diagnosed with coronavirus at aged care home where staffer worked while sick

NSW Health says 10 staff and residents at a Western Sydney aged care home have tested positive to COVID-19 in the wake of a staff member working six shifts there while she had symptoms of the virus.

www.abc.net.au

It does say "This morning, there were only seven new infections recorded." and the NSW total has 7 of the 41.

It also says "While the Newmarch House cases are new, they are yet to be added to the official NSW tally." so they may go into tomorrow's case count.


Overall our numbers are still very low.


PS: One really does have to wonder about a symptomatic person still going to work at two aged care centres for multiple shifts!

 

[serfty]

Just saw the number of active COVID-19 in Australia has dropped to under 3000 (2804).

(Source not ABC, their recovered numbers have strangely not changed for a couple of days.)

Update today from the ABC ...

Figures show 3,598 people have recovered from the disease, leaving 2,741 confirmed cases still current or “active”.

 

[SydneySwan]

Ok, obviously a new development..

Ten people diagnosed with coronavirus at aged care home where staffer worked while sick

NSW Health says 10 staff and residents at a Western Sydney aged care home have tested positive to COVID-19 in the wake of a staff member working six shifts there while she had symptoms of the virus.

www.abc.net.au

PS: One really does have to wonder about a symptomatic person still going to work at two aged care centres for multiple shifts!

Agreed but I wonder if that person is a casual worker.

 

[moa999]

Fortunately the viral loads here in Australia are much lower than the wards in places like Italy, where even previously healthy heath workers have often had poor outcomes, and so hopefully their outcome will be good.

Do you mean for the young and healthy that do get sick enough to require hospitalisation (a small minority) that the hospitals are so overloaded that the outcomes aren't as good as they could be?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Do you mean for the young and healthy that do get sick enough to require hospitalisation (a small minority) that the hospitals are so overloaded that the outcomes aren't as good as they could be?

No, what I mean is that the hospital staff in the overwhelmed hospitals have had significant numbers die, even ones judged to have been young and healthy. The speculation has been is that may well be due to the large viral loads that they have been exposed too. Factors such as insufficient PPE may also have contributed.

With the health staff they get exposed repeatedly. Also note that they may be doing invasive procedures such as intubation which generate aersols.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Agreed but I wonder if that person is a casual worker.

Good chance as was at two centres. Working at two at present is not a good idea.

Also note that mixing between two Tassie hospitals did not have a good outcome as well.


Mixing in general is not good anywhere at present.

 

[drron]

Good chance as was at two centres. Working at two at present is not a good idea.

Also note that mixing between two Tassie hospitals did not have a good outcome as well.


Mixing in general is not good anywhere at present.

The NW Private hospital is on the same campus as the public NWRH.You can walk through the NWRH through the Utas Medical school and into the Private Hospital.
Burnie LGA has a population of 19348 as of June 2018.The area 27,700.Another 13000 in the Wynyard LGA.So it is not practical to have a separate Private Hospital as not enough population to support 2 sets of specialists.Not all public hospital specialists work in the private hospital.All maternity services are in the private hospital.

 

[Pushka]

Chatting with neighbour (very long distance chat ) who has just been tested for Covid. She is well but it's a screening thing. Her brother has just recovered from it. He was very unwell, high temps around 40, dry cough, headache, and severe diarrhoea. Didn't lose taste or smell that he noticed. He has recovered now. His mate needed to go to hospital but is recovering.

 

[woodyren]

Personal update. Retested again yesterday. Result still positive.

Feel well. Symptoms have been gone for over two weeks.

Symptoms began on 19th March.
1st pos test 21st March.
2nd pos test 7th April.
3rd pos test 14th April.

Awaiting information on further testing from health.

 

[Pushka]

Personal update. Retested again yesterday. Result still positive.

Feel well. Symptoms have been gone for over two weeks.

Symptoms began on 19th March.
1st pos test 21st March.
2nd pos test 7th April.
3rd pos test 14th April.

Awaiting information on further testing from health.

I'm wondering if you are still infectious even though still positive.

 

[woodyren]

I'm wondering if you are still infectious even though still positive.

I have been advised it is unlikely that I will be infectious but I dont think anyone knows for sure as yet. I am remaining in isolation.

 

[SydneySwan]

Symptoms began on 19th March.
1st pos test 21st March.
2nd pos test 7th April.
3rd pos test 14th April.

Awaiting information on further testing from health.

So in the stats are you counted as a case once or three times? I would assume it is once although each test would be counted separately.

 

[woodyren]

I would say once. They have all my info in one file when I call the Public Health Unit.

I just finished a phone call to discuss my case. When I asked the consultant if I was a outlier as I have remained positive for so long with minor symptoms I was surprised to hear her answer. It was similar to "No, that's the problem. There are a lot like you"

She said NSW Public Health Doctors are meeting this afternoon to discus this very issue and I should expect a call tomorrow on where I go from here.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I'm wondering if you are still infectious even though still positive.

There are guidelines on who is likely to still be infectious (I posted these earlier). People can be still be positive and not be infectious.

 

[woodyren]

There are guidelines on who is likely to still be infectious (I posted these earlier). People can be still be positive and not be infectious.

Likely? I know its about risk and resource management but in other places two clear tests in 48 hours is the criteria. That sounds better than likely to me.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Likely? I know its about risk and resource management but in other places two clear tests in 48 hours is the criteria. That sounds better than likely to me.

Do you know of any people/cases who have infected another person when they have met the criteria?

Better than likely would be to test everyone, but we do not have the resources presently for that either.


On the upside who gets tested continues to be expanded.


I had a low grade fever a few weeks ago. Maybe I had CV 19, maybe I didn't. If I had a such a fever now I could be tested. Back then I could not.

 

[DC3]

... I had a low grade fever a few weeks ago. Maybe I had CV 19, maybe I didn't. If I had a such a fever now I could be tested. Back then I could not.

The (varying) criteria for testing seems to also vary, depending on your State.

Edited

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Well with the Tassie figures now in, as of 6.14PM today only 39 new cases today.
Tassie only 3 cases after their recent spike.
NSW had 16 due mainly to their latests aged care cluster.

Charting the COVID-19 spread: Australia passes 10,000 coronavirus deaths

Australia has officially recorded more than 10,000 COVID deaths in total, with 4,000 of those recorded in Victoria. Here's what the latest data shows.

www.abc.net.au