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A lack of isolation facilities in hospitals means it’s a “reality” patients awaiting Covid tests will sometimes be put in a ward with other patients, a Nurse’s Union representative says. This week one of Auckland’s main hospitals has been at the centre of two Covid scares – most recently after a patient walked out of the hospital before her Covid Mystery Covid cases not linked to the current outbreak have led to health officials releasing several locations of interest as part of their investigations. One of the new locations is the vaccination clinic at the Crowne Plaza, in the Auckland CBD, which is linked to a positive case on Monday, August 23, between 4.30pm and 7pm. Director general of health Middlemore Hospital staff made the decision to leave a man – who later tested positive to Covid – alongside other patients while waiting for his test results to come back, the Health Minister has revealed. There are now fears the man may have spread the virus at the hospital as 29 doctors, nurses and staff considered his close contacts have A new Covid strain present in the UK has been declared a variant of interest by the World Health Organisation. Mu, or B.1.621, was first found in Colombia and now makes up 39% of cases in the South American country. There are fears the new mutation could be more resistant to vaccines than other variants, but further studies are required As COVID-19-related hospitalizations rise in Hawaii, health officials worry that the demand for medical oxygen will exceed what the islands are able to produce. Since the beginning of August, the state’s daily consumption for medical grade oxygen has increased by nearly 250%, according to the state’s healthcare association. “This is the first time that there has been a potential shortage,” Catching Covid-19 can be just as bad as being bitten by a venomous rattlesnake according to research from a new study. The paper published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation highlights how neurotoxins that flood the body after an excruciating rattlesnake bite damage our cells in the same way as an enzyme in coronavirus that causes severe inflammation. The scientists There are 53 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today and all are in Auckland.The total number of cases in the community outbreak is now 562. There are 547 cases in Auckland and 15 in Wellington. Forty-two cases are yet to be linked to another case or sub-cluster. Thirty-seven cases are in hospital. Of those, five cases are in A temporary hospital set up to treat people with Covid-19 in central Thailand turned into a sex and drugs free-for-all, with patients taking drugs, getting into fights, and even indulging in group sex on the large open-plan wards. Officers from Thailand’s Internal Security Operations Command wearing full PPE, led by Colonel Pratuang Kaewtui, Deputy Commander in Chief for the Covid- An Auckland mother tells how her worst fears were realised when the Covid-19 test that her son took on his 22nd birthday came back positive. Five days after my son woke up complaining of a headache, he learned he had Covid-19. Within the space of 10 minutes on Tuesday morning two phone calls – one from the doctor’s surgery where The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel, with a maximum of 50 people, will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days. In a memo sent to the 32 teams and obtained by The Associated Press, the policy becomes effective immediately. The personnel covered by the policy includes coaches, athletic trainers, equipment staffers, oneCovid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: Middlemore Hospital not unique in lacking isolation space for patients awaiting Covid test results
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