Following 1,472 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today, visitor restrictions for public hospitals have been updated.
SA Health released the following information.
Visits are permitted for:
end of life and palliative care
compassionate reasons
maternity, neonatal, and paediatric services (one visitor per day)
SA Health posted on their Facebook page that “The safety and welfare of everyone in our hospital and health services is our priority. Thank you for helping keep our patients, staff and community safe”.
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Check with the individual hospital or health service for local visitor information before you visit.
Physical distancing requirements will mean that the maximum number of allowed visitors is not always possible in areas.
The also Premier this morning announced that changes would be made to elective surgery, with a limit to category 1 and urgent category 2 elective surgeries only. He said they are doing this to preserve their healthcare workforce so it can deal with the Omicron variant. While the symptoms are less severe, they are trying to avoid everyone hitting the healthcare system at the same time. They are looking to put a directive in place around this – and are expecting this to be announced in the next 24 hours.
CURRENT EXPOSURE LOCATIONS
Please note: During the December 26th press conference with Professor Nicola Spurrier, she said that SA Health have stopped listing all impacted sites, and are now focused on super spreader, high risk or vulnerable locations.
If you were at any of the below locations, but not at the specified date and time, monitor yourself for symptoms and get tested as soon as symptoms develop.
You may not always receive a call, SMS or email from SA Health. You must follow the relevant health advice even if you have not been contacted.
If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, please seek testing as soon as possible.
Find your nearest testing site at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVIDtesting.
More information is available at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVIDcontacttracing.
For more information visit https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/ or call the SA COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787.
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