Dear Residents, Families and Friends
NSW and QLD Health has announced that masks are no longer required to be worn by employees or visitors unless there are moderate or high levels of respiratory viruses circulating in the community. As respiratory virus levels are currently low, we have informed our Teams that masks can be removed from today.
We will continue to remain vigilant in keeping our residents and employees safe and healthy, and have updated our guidelines below.
I’m sure you will agree it will be so wonderful for our residents and employees to see each other’s smiling faces again!
We will continue to remain vigilant in keeping our residents and employees safe and healthy, and have updated our guidelines below.
I’m sure you will agree it will be so wonderful for our residents and employees to see each other’s smiling faces again!
Updated Guidelines
- Masks are no longer required unless there are moderate or high levels of respiratory viruses circulating in the community
- Rapid antigen testing for employees will move to every 72 hours for the next 4 weeks
- Rapid antigen testing for each visitor will continue, unless they are daily visitors, who can revert to testing every 72 hours
- All adults aged 75 years and older are recommended to receive an additional 2023 COVID-19 vaccine dose if 6 months have passed since their last dose
- We will continue the early use of anti-virals for residents testing positive to influenza or COVID
- Restrictions remain in place for entry to services if an employee or visitor has tested positive to COVID or have respiratory symptoms
- Staff are strongly encouraged to stay up-to-date with all recommended vaccines including COVID-19 and influenza.
Thank you
The Whiddon Team