Good news so far -- for hundreds of staff and patients at North Shore Hospital
Good news so far -- for hundreds of staff and patients at North Shore Hospital
22 August 2021
The hospital's emergency department has been closed, since a recent patient tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday morning.
So far, 829 Waitemata District Health Board staff have undergone testing, with 621 testing negative, and 208 tests still pending.
Of the 137 staff who were potentially in contact with the patient, 84 have returned negative results.
Among the patients who were in the affected areas at the same time as the positive patient, 20 are still in hospital and have returned negative results.
Nurses who live with close contacts are being asked to turn up to work, due to the extreme shortage of healthcare workers.
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