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How Ipswich Hospital cluster will impact elective surgeries, staff – Queensland Times
More than 220 hospital staff are in quarantine. Here’s how surgeries and staffing at the hospital will be affected
ELECTIVE surgeries at Ipswich Hospital have been postponed and staff shifted to plug gaps as a fifth healthcare worker tested positive.
More than 220 staff went into quarantine over the weekend.
Queensland recorded two new cases on Monday, including a female healthcare worker in her 30s who works at the hospital.
She was already in quarantine and was a close contact of a previously confirmed case from the facility.
Queensland Health director general Dr John Wakefield said staff who work in e…
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