Στα 73 ανήλθαν τα κρούσματα κορονοϊού στο ελληνικό γηροκομείο της Μελβούρνης, (τρόφιμοι και προσωπικό) σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία που έκαναν γνωστά σήμερα οι αρχές της Βικτώριας.
Όπως είναι γνωστό σήμερα ανακοινώθηκαν άλλα 403 νέα κρούσματα στη Βικτώρια και πέντε θάνατοι.
Στη “Βασιλειάδα” 48 τρόφικοι βρέθηκαν θετικοί (όσοι και χθες) αλλά ο αριθμός των μελών του προσωιπικού με ιό ανηλθε στους 27.
Εκείνο που κάνει εντύπωση είναι ότι τα μέλη του προσωικού που βρέθηκαν θετικά στον ιό δεν είχαν συμτώματα.
Ο επίσημος κατάλογος των γηροκομείων της πολιτείας και των κρουσμάτων που έχουν επιβεβαιωθεί έχει ως εξής:
Βασιλειάδα (St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Victoria) : 73
Estia Aged Care Facility Ardeer: 67
Menarock Life Aged Care Essendon: 55
Glendale Aged Care Facility: 41
Arcare Aged Care Craigieburn: 33
Estia Aged Care Heildelberg: 34
Baptcare Wyndham Lodge Community Werribee: 21
Embracia Moonee Valley Aged Care: 20
Japara Millward Residential Aged Care Doncaster East: 12
Royal Freemasons Gregory Lodge: 11
Regis Brighton Aged Care: 10
Doutta Galla Aged Care Footscray: 9
Epping Gardens Aged Care: 8
Aurrum Aged Care Plenty: 8
Japara Central Park ACF Windsor: 6
Bill Crawford Lodge: 5
Rathdowne Place Aged Care Carlton: 5
Bupa Aged Care Edithvale: 4
Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes Kilsyth: 3
St Georges: 2
Aurrum Healesville ACF: 2
Menarock Life Aged Care Emmavale Lower Templestowe: 2
BUPA Aged Care Sunshine: 2
CraigCare ACF Pascoe Vale: 2
Menzies Complex Case: 1
Blue Cross Baradine Complex Case: 2
Arcare Aged Care Burnside: 1
Trescowthick Centre (Mecwacare) Prahran: 1
Grace Villa Aged Care Greensborough: 1
Boyne Russell House Brunswick ACF: 1
Mercy Health Bethlehem Aged Care Bendigo: 1
Mercy Place Parkville aged care: 1
Iris Manor Ashburton Aged Care: 1
Bluecross ACF Ruckers Hill: 1
Blue Cross Riverlea Avondale Heights: 1
Η ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ SUTTON
Επειδή υπάρχει κάποια παραπληροφόρηση για την κατάσταση που επικρατεί στο ελληνικό γηροκομείο «Βασιλειάδα», ο πρόεδρος του Δ.Σ. Κώστας Κόντης δημοσιοποιεί μέσω του «Νέου Κόσμου» την επιστολή που του έστειλε ο επικεφαλής των Yγειονομικών Yπηρεσιών της Βικτώριας καθηγητής Brett Sutton, όπου εξηγεί αναλυτικά τα μέτρα που έλαβε το πολιτειακό υπουργείο Υγείας για να αντιμετωπιστεί η εστία κρουσμάτων κορονοϊού το συγκεκριμένο ίδρυμα.
Η επιστολή δημοσιοποιείται για να κατανοήσουν και οι συγγενείς των τροφίμων υπεύθυνα τι ακριβώς συμβαίνει.
Η επιστολή έχει ως εξής:
Dear Mr Kontis
I am writing to provide advice and direction from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (the department) in relation to the significant outbreak of COVID-19 at St Basil’s Home for the Aged. I acknowledge the difficult and challenging issues arising for your
staff, and for residents and families at St Basil’s. I note the previous correspondence sent to you from Jackie Kearney from our department on 20 July 2020.
As of 21 July, the department is aware of at least 58 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the facility, which includes 40 residents and 18 staff. We are aware that your facility has been working closely with the Commonwealth Government, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, and our department to enact critical public health control measures in a highly challenging environment.
This ongoing outbreak represents a significant and serious threat to public health, including the health and lives of residents and staff of St Basil’s. Given the significant and extensive transmission of infection to date, the high case fatality rate of COVID-19 and the ease with which it can spread within the residential aged care facility and the community, it is essential that further immediate actions are taken to safeguard the health and wellbeing of residents, and the health – under occupational health and safety obligations – of staff.
The number of resident and staff cases indicates that there has been significant transmission within the facility. Based on an assessment by officers of the department, informed by the large numbers of cases and evidence of extensive transmission, the department advised on 19 July that Staff should commence their quarantine from their last date in the facility, during that date range. Staff members may return to work at the facility when they have returned a negative COVID-19 test and when they have completed 14 days of quarantine from their last day of work during the 1 to 15 July period.
In accordance with the Diagnosed Persons and Close Contacts Directions (No.6) issued by the department, close contacts identified by the department are required to remain at home and quarantine for 14 days from their exposure date and normally undertake testing for COVID- 19 at day 11 (or later). Close contacts should provide evidence of a negative test result prior to returning to work. I note that this requirement is in place for the safety of all persons – residents, other staff and other Victorians. Close contacts who are found to not be quarantining appropriately may be subject to penalties.
Given the fact that all staff who have worked in the designated period of time have been classified as close contacts, I understand that the facility will require an alternative workforce to continue to operate. The department is working with the Commonwealth Department of Health and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to support this. This course of action has been taken in other aged care settings with widespread transmission among staff.
Action required as soon as the replacement workforce is available.
All staff that met the criteria of close contact as described must now quarantine at home as directed. The department can organise for urgent infection prevention and control training and advice to be provided to staff that replace your workforce, so that there is careful management of the ongoing risk of further spread of infection including infection of any staff commencing work now.
Please advise urgently in writing by email to the details (telephone number and address) of staff who were present in clinical areas of St Basil’s from 1 to 15 July (inclusive) for greater than 2 hours, and then confirm that those staff have been advised they must go home and quarantine by close of business on Wednesday 22 July 2020 as part of a handover to an appropriate workforce. The department will be in contact with all staff at their homes for the purposes of explaining the consequences of being a close contact.
Please note that section 188 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 provides that I, as Chief Health Officer, may direct a person to provide information to me if I believe that the information is necessary to manage or control a risk to public health. It is an offence to refuse or fail to comply with such a direction, without reasonable excuse. You may refuse or fail to provide any information I have requested if providing the information will tend to incriminate you.
Please note that I am formally requesting you to provide the names and contact details (telephone number and address) of staff who were present in clinical areas of St Basil’s from 1 to 15 July (inclusive) for greater than 2 hours in accordance with section 188 for the purposes of managing the risk to public health posed by COVID-19.
We are keen to continue working closely with you and your team to safely manage this outbreak.
Yours sincerely
Adj Prof Brett Sutton
Chief Health Officer
Department of Health and Human Services
Η «ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΔΑ» ΤΗΣ Ν.Ν.ΟΥΑΛΙΑΣ
Από την Βασιλειάδα της Ν.Ν. Ουαλίας ανακοινώθηκαν τα ακόλουθα:
«Παρακολουθούμε τις εξελίξεις για τα κρούσματα κορονοϊού στην «Βασιλειάδα» του Faulkner στη Βικτώρια μετά λύπης.
Το έργο του προσωπικού εκεί και οι ανησυχίες των κατοίκων και των οικογενειών είναι στις σκέψεις και τις προσευχές μας.
Ενώ η «Βασιλειάδα» Βικτώριας αποτελεί ξεχωριστό οργανισμό από τη «Βασιλειάδα» Νότιας Νέας Ουαλίας και περιοχής της αυστραλιανής πρωτεύουσας (NSW/ACT), οι καρδιές μας βρίσκονται σε όλους όσους εμπλέκονται κατά το διάστημα αυτό των προκλήσεων.
Για όσους βρίσκονται υπό τη φροντίδα μας στη Νότια Νέα Ουαλία σας ενημερώνουμε πώς όλοι κάνουμε ό,τι μπορούμε για να διατηρήσουμε τους πελάτες μας και το προσωπικό μας ασφαλείς.
Όλες οι εγκαταστάσεις της «Βασιλειάδας» NSW/ACT έχουν απαγορεύσει τις επισκέψεις από τις 16 Ιουλίου λόγω της αύξησης των κρουσμάτων στις περιοχές του Σίδνεϊ, κοντά στα κτίριά μας.
Σε αυτό το σημείο, η «Βασιλειάδα» NSW/ACT παραμένει σε εγρήγορση, αλλά δεν έχει επηρεαστεί άμεσα από τα κρούσματα COVID-19.
Ευχαριστούμε τους κατοίκους μας και τις οικογένειες που συνεργάζονται μαζί μας για να εφαρμόσουν τα σχέδια αποτροπής έξαρσης COVID-19 και ζητούμε όλους να συνεχίσουν να λαμβάνουν κάθε μέτρο για να αποτρέψουμε τον ιό από το να εξαπλωθεί στο Σίνδεϊ».