Victoria has reached a grim milestone that could force health workers back from leave to cope with a serious winter wave and staff shortages. COVID19Vic
More than 800 Victorians are in hospital with COVID-19, the highest number since February 1 when Omicron first exploded. Thirty-four are in intensive care.
But the figures put Victoria into stage three of the “health system winter response” plan which could force workers back from leave.Victoria has breached 800 COVID-19 hospitalisations, a milestone that could force health workers back from leave to cope with a serious winter wave and staff shortages.to respond to surging cases as 9982 new infections were recorded in Victoria along with eight deaths.
“In very brutal terms, many of the health services have actually been managing at about stage four anyway,” McRae said.Dr Roderick McRae, president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association.The Victorian government said it had no intention of reintroducing a code brown, after the declaration was made for almost a month in January.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had been advised the BA.4 and BA.5 wave is expected to peak in August. “But that is something that will continue to be monitored and will come from the health experts,” Albanese said.
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