![]() Not one single person that entered before me (possibly around 20 people) checked in. I planned what I was getting, and where to minimise my time out, needing four stores. Unfortunately, I had to go to a major shopping venue today. ![]() I've glimpsed it today, feeling overwhelmed about case numbers, lack of booster shots available, increasing hospitalisation, lack of interest from our "leaders" to lead and mandate masks (such a simple and effective thing), and how the vulnerable in our community will fare. As always, it's a brilliant overview of things. Svetlanaįor those of you in Melbourne, some useful info. Bourke Street mall, Bourke Street West, box Hill, carnegie, Craigieburn Central, fountain gate, Westfield, and watergardens. Just a heads up priceline have a number of locations with modernas tomorrow if you'd rather make an appt and not walk in to the many pop ups of the week and usual clinics. Hi to all your readers, I've noticed people seem to not be able to find appts for boosters. All the health advice is itemised here for Queensland, hoping you can still travel. Scared!ĭepends on whether it's a low risk, casual or close contact on this one. Meant to be going away in a week so feeling very worried. He said that we “can’t have a situation where schools are closed for months”.What are the rules if you work at a venue which is an exposure site? My partner works in hospo in Brissy and some of the bars around his workplace are already on the exposure list. “So they do need to think of alternative measures to get people back on side and get those levels of compliance we had before.” “ It’s not clear, actually, with the work that we’ve been looking at, that closing the schools, for example, may be sufficient to bring the R number below one with the levels of adherence we’ve got now. “The communication has not been quite so good in recent months, some of the changes in policy have been a little bit vague. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that keeping pupils away from class might not get the R number below one.ĭr Tildesley, from Warwick University, said the Government needs a clearer message. If you require non-urgent medical attention, please contact your GP or call NHS111.”Ĭlosing schools 'will not be enough' to get R rate below oneĭr Mike Tildesley, a member of the SPI-M modelling group which advises the Government on the spread of coronavirus, warned that closing schools would not be enough to get the virus under control without increased public adherence to existing rules. It is absolutely critical that people still come forward for emergency care. ![]() “Although the NHS is under immense pressure, significant changes have been made so people can still receive lifesaving treatment. ![]() ![]() We are not confident that the NHS can handle a further sustained rise in cases and without further action there is a material risk of the NHS in several areas being overwhelmed over the next 21 days. Cases are rising almost everywhere, in much of the country driven by the new more transmissible variant. There are currently very high rates of community transmission, with substantial numbers of COVID patients in hospitals and in intensive care. “Many parts of the health systems in the four nations are already under immense pressure. “Following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre and in the light of the most recent data, the four UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England Medical Director recommend that the UK Alert Level should move from Level 4 to Level 5. The UK Chief Medical Officers have released a joint statement after the UK’s Covid alert level was upgraded to five - the highest level.Ĭhief Medical Officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Dr Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, Dr Michael McBride and NHS England, National Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis released the following: Statement from UK Chief Medical Officers after Covid alert level upgraded ![]()
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