Inside Brisbane's COVID-19 crisis at the Princess Alexandra Hospital

 In the disarming afterglow of vaccines arriving, Brisbane's Princess Alexandra (PA) Hospital has become an unlikely source of COVID-19 outbreaks that have crossed a state border.


Key points:

Two separate community outbreaks of the highly-infectious B117 variant started with a nurse and doctor at Brisbane's PA hospital

Experts say the hospital has reliable infection control, but the virus may have spread through eye rubbing

Some frontline staff are still waiting for the first vaccine, others are panicked over the outbreaks 

The hospital has long boasted "one of the best infection control programs" around, according to Mary-Louise McLaws, a professor of epidemiology at the University of New South Wales.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-03/qld-covid-outbreak-princess-alexandra-hospital-lockdown-ppe/100045672





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