Triage tents are being used outside some hospitals in south-east Queensland, with the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 across the state likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks — the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say.
The number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 in Queensland is likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks, the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say.Isolation rules around the COVID reinfection period cut from 12 weeks to four weeks
"This means we have almost the same number of beds being taken up at our peak of the first wave of Omicron," Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said. There were 6,768 new COVID cases recorded and 15 more virus-related deaths in the latest reporting period.