A Best Western hotel in London is now taking in Covid-19 patients as hospitals run out of beds
3 years, 11 months ago

A Best Western hotel in London is now taking in Covid-19 patients as hospitals run out of beds

CNN  

Croydon, England CNN — The Best Western Hotel in the London suburb of Croydon would normally be packed with visiting families, out-of-town construction workers, and business travelers. “We are very proud to be part of this, so it’s a very good feeling to be a part of something,” he said, “I believe everyone should get together to support the NHS and save lives.” This is the first hotel in the UK to take part in the scheme, but if successful, it could be a model for converting more of the hospitality industry’s spare rooms, many of which lie empty amid the country’s lockdown. Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou/CNN Hospital beds are now one of the most precious commodities in the country, but so far, there are only three patients recovering on the first floor of the otherwise empty hotel. “The hospitality industry is virtually closed, so we are all willing to open our doors and get ill people better as soon as possible,” Meher Nawab, the CEO of the London Hotel Group, of which Best Western is a part, explained.

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Christmas Covid infections spiked to highest level since summer
2 years ago

Christmas Covid infections spiked to highest level since summer

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just shy of 6,000 people entered English hospitals with coronavirus in the week to 2 …

Don’t turn away those who come early for Covid booster vaccination, doctors told amid surging cases
2 years, 9 months ago

Don’t turn away those who come early for Covid booster vaccination, doctors told amid surging cases

The Telegraph  

Infections in Scotland have reached another record high, with one in 11, nearly half a million people, estimated to have had Covid-19 last week. “The vaccinations remain our first line of defence which is why we’ve rolled out the booster campaign to all over-75s and care home residents," they added. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said the use of …

Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living
2 years, 10 months ago

Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living

ABC  

Hospital visiting hours have been reduced to just two hours twice a day across all public hospitals in Perth in response to growing COVID-19 cases in WA. Key points: WA hospitals shifted to an 'amber alert' level as Omicron spreads This triggers a number of measures to protect patients and staff It comes as the virus is detected in another …

COVID-19 | Tourism on the mend in Tamil Nadu
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 | Tourism on the mend in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

F or those who had been stuck inside their homes, working on their laptops, tablets and even mobile phones, the lockdown relaxations announced by the government, which allowed them to resume life as they knew it before the pandemic, was a welcome change. This enhancement of our ecosystem is a big boost to the confidence of our guests, who feel …

No open windows and shared facilities: Inside the Melbourne detention hotel where COVID-19 is spreading
3 years, 2 months ago

No open windows and shared facilities: Inside the Melbourne detention hotel where COVID-19 is spreading

ABC  

For the past two weeks, refugee Mohammad Miah hasn't left the four walls of his bedroom in inner Melbourne. Key points: 7.30 has obtained video from inside Melbourne's Park Hotel showing detainees in rooms without open windows and using shared facilities Half of all detainees have now been infected with COVID-19 Refugee advocates are also concerned about the level of …

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine
3 years, 4 months ago

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

ABC  

Travel plans for people trying to relocate to Queensland have been thrown into disarray with the announcement the state is pausing arrivals from interstate hotspots for the next fortnight. Key points: People who have already received a "right of entry" border pass will have to reapply The Premier said the pause would help manage quarantine hotel capacity Health Minister Yvette …

COVID-19: Hospitals tie up with luxury hotels to provide beds
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Hospitals tie up with luxury hotels to provide beds

The Hindu  

As far as birthday celebrations go, this one at Sarovar Hotels and Resorts, Gurugram was unusual. “Healthcare systems get crippled under the large volume of people approaching hospitals,” says Tejasvi Rao, Chief Operations Officer at Apollo Hospitals, adding that many have mild symptoms and may not need hospitalisation. By partnering with hotels, he says, “We can reserve admits for those …

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

Madurai Almost all Intensive Care Units and oxygen-supported beds in Government Hospitals in the district are filled, pushing new patients to wait for their admission. A senior doctor from the Government Rajaji Hospital said almost all the 1,200 beds allocated for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Private hospitals were also referring patients in critical conditions to government hospitals, said S. Gandhimathinathan, …

BMC’s medical teams to visit homes of COVID-19 patients
3 years, 8 months ago

BMC’s medical teams to visit homes of COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday said its medical teams would be visiting the houses of symptomatic COVID-19 patients before allotting beds to them through ward-level war rooms. Key data to be recorded As per the SOP, the office of Chief Engineer will maintain a data sheet with details of private hospitals in all wards treating COVID-19 patients and agencies …

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

ABC  

Health authorities in NSW have warned several people who could have been exposed to COVID-19 inside a Sydney quarantine hotel have already travelled interstate. Key points: NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested …

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call
3 years, 8 months ago

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

ABC  

Two people staying at a Perth quarantine hotel have contracted the UK strain of COVID-19 from returned overseas travellers from India who were in another room. Key points: The two guests caught the virus from a couple staying in an opposite room The couple had arrived in WA from India infected with the UK strain The WA Premier has called …

Delhi govt to convert some hotels into extended Covid hospitals amid bed crunch
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi govt to convert some hotels into extended Covid hospitals amid bed crunch

India Today  

Amid a spike of coronavirus cases and shortage of beds in Delhi, the AAP government on Wednesday announced plans to convert some hotels into extended Covid-19 hospitals. According to a government order, the hotels that will be converted into extended Covid-19 health centres are Hotel Pitrashish, Fraser Suites, Caspia Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel, Seven Sea Hotel, among others. However, various …

Crisis looms over Kolkata hospitals amid shortage of COVID-19 beds, spike in cases
3 years, 8 months ago

Crisis looms over Kolkata hospitals amid shortage of COVID-19 beds, spike in cases

Firstpost  

Kolkata: Amid the steep rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitals in the city are staring at a bed crisis with most of them underscoring that their critical care units are all occupied. Ours is a small hospital, there is no option to boost the infrastructure,” principal Anima Haldar said, further expressing her inability to increase the number of beds, despite at …

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker
3 years, 10 months ago

Urgent review of WA hotel quarantine begins after COVID-19 positive worker

ABC  

Authorities are urgently examining airflow in every quarantine hotel in Western Australia in the wake of last month's positive COVID-19 case. Key points: The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels The review will assess ventilation in all of WA's quarantine hotels An occupational hygienist and mechanical engineer will examine all sites An occupational hygienist and mechanical …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
3 years, 10 months ago

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

ABC  

Victorians are still coming to grips with their return to life in lockdown as they wait for news about whether or not the so-called "circuit breaker" restrictions have been effective in helping to curtail the current cluster. Nebuliser use at root of cluster The starting point of the cluster has been traced back to Thursday February 4, when three family …

Here's how hotels are boosting traveller confidence to mitigate Covid-19 losses
3 years, 10 months ago

Here's how hotels are boosting traveller confidence to mitigate Covid-19 losses

Hindustan Times  

As the hospitality industry fights for survival after suffering huge losses due to Covid-19 last year, hotels are incorporating a combination of cutting-edge technologies to improve customer confidence, and mitigate losses incurred during the pandemic. Here's how hotels are boosting traveller confidence to mitigate Covid-19 losses A study published in November by researchers at Stanford University and Northwestern University, US, …

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday
3 years, 10 months ago

UK hotel quarantine to cost up to £1,750 and will be bookable from Thursday

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Hancock also said arrivals from every foreign country except Ireland will face two additional Covid tests: one on the …

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated
3 years, 11 months ago

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated

ABC  

Victorian health authorities are investigating a case of COVID-19 in a hotel quarantine worker, with a public health team working to notify the staff member's close contacts. Key points: The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus from one room to another in a quarantine hotel The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus …

UK imposes hotel quarantine for travelers from Covid hotspots
3 years, 11 months ago

UK imposes hotel quarantine for travelers from Covid hotspots

CNN  

CNN — British people arriving home from 30 “high risk” countries will have to undergo a 10-day hotel quarantine at their own expense, as the United Kingdom tightens border controls to try to curb one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks. Announcing the measure, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the tougher new rules would apply to travelers from “red …

Spain’s rising cases give pandemic hospital a second chance
3 years, 11 months ago

Spain’s rising cases give pandemic hospital a second chance

Associated Press  

MADRID — As soon as the lifeless body is silently pushed away on a stretcher, a cleaning battalion moves into the intensive care box. “That’s a little space there for somebody else to get another chance.” As a surge of infections is once again putting Spain’s public health system against the ropes, the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital that employs Pujol, …

Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine

Daily Mail  

Queensland wants to use Outback mining camps instead of Brisbane hotels to quarantine returned travellers, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday. She said the mining camps she wants to use instead of hotels were comfortable and had balconies or outside space, just like the Northern Territory's Howard Springs quarantine facility. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said said held grave concerns about the …

London’s field hospital to be used amid acute COVID pressure
4 years ago

London’s field hospital to be used amid acute COVID pressure

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s National Health Service will from next week employ a little-used field hospital specially built at a huge exhibition center in east London in the early days of the pandemic last spring. NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens said Thursday that the pressures facing hospitals in London and the southeast of England are so acute that the Nightingale …

Quarantine hotel worker confirmed to have UK strain of coronavirus as visits to Greater Brisbane aged care facilities restricted
4 years ago

Quarantine hotel worker confirmed to have UK strain of coronavirus as visits to Greater Brisbane aged care facilities restricted

ABC  

A cleaner who tested positive to coronavirus after working in a quarantine hotel in Brisbane has been confirmed through genome sequencing as having the more contagious UK strain of the virus, Queensland Health says. Key points: The woman is confirmed to be infected with the more contagious UK strain of COVID-19 The woman is confirmed to be infected with the …

Mutant UK COVID-19 strain confirmed in Perth patient at centre of PPE protocol breaches
4 years ago

Mutant UK COVID-19 strain confirmed in Perth patient at centre of PPE protocol breaches

ABC  

A patient at the centre of multiple PPE protocol breaches in Western Australia has tested positive for the new mutant strain of COVID-19 that originated in the UK, authorities have confirmed. Key points: Three workers did not wear full PPE in dealing with an infected traveller Three workers did not wear full PPE in dealing with an infected traveller The …

Coronavirus PPE breach with UK patient forces WA paramedic into quarantine
4 years ago

Coronavirus PPE breach with UK patient forces WA paramedic into quarantine

ABC  

Three West Australians are in hotel quarantine amid breaches of personal protective equipment during the care of an elderly COVID-19 patient. Key points: Testing is being done to see if the patient has the new UK strain Testing is being done to see if the patient has the new UK strain All three workers are now in hotel quarantine All …

New UK coronavirus strain found in Perth hotel quarantine system as three arrivals test positive
4 years ago

New UK coronavirus strain found in Perth hotel quarantine system as three arrivals test positive

ABC  

Three people in Western Australia's hotel quarantine system tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant from the UK, Premier Mark McGowan has revealed. Key points: The infected travellers "probably" arrived from the UK, the Premier says The infected travellers "probably" arrived from the UK, the Premier says He says precautions to prevent the strain from spreading are "very strong" He …

UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England
4 years ago

UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England

Associated Press  

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca. Johnson said people must stay at home …

Over 100 test positive for Covid-19 across Chennai’s luxury hotels
4 years ago

Over 100 test positive for Covid-19 across Chennai’s luxury hotels

Hindustan Times  

Following Covid-19 relaxations, luxury hotels are emerging as a Covid-19 cluster after educational institutions in Chennai. Our focus is locations where more than 20 people gather whether it is in public places or gated communalities and beach houses.” “In the last two days, we tested 232 employees of another 5-star hotel and 20 staff have turned positive,” said S Divyahdrashini, …

Coronavirus patients in English hospitals near April peak as NHS leaders fear threat from new variant
4 years ago

Coronavirus patients in English hospitals near April peak as NHS leaders fear threat from new variant

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of coronavirus patients in English hospitals is set to …

Victoria records one new Covid-19 case in hotel quarantine
4 years ago

Victoria records one new Covid-19 case in hotel quarantine

Daily Mail  

Victoria has recorded one new Covid-19 case in hotel quarantine after reporting five new cases the previous day. The state's 42-day COVID-free streak came to an end on Saturday, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system. Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Australia's hotel quarantine programs have to be impenetrable as the …

Doctors warned Victoria's health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread
4 years, 4 months ago

Doctors warned Victoria's health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread

ABC  

Frontline doctors warned about infection dangers inside Victoria's hotel quarantine program more than a month before workers started catching COVID-19, but the state's health department never responded to their concerns. Key points: Doctors wrote to the DHHS on April 15 to voice concerns about hotel quarantine One nurse who was quarantined said security guards did not take adequate safety precautions …

The hotels that swapped tourists for medical workers
4 years, 6 months ago

The hotels that swapped tourists for medical workers

CNN  

CNN — To say the Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the hotel industry is something of an understatement. “They took good care of me.” Historic moment Claridge's in London provided rooms for healthcare workers days after shutting its doors for the first time. “As a London institution, you can’t just take the city for the good bits, …

Hotel staff, unsung warriors: Coping with Covid-19 in a new role
4 years, 6 months ago

Hotel staff, unsung warriors: Coping with Covid-19 in a new role

Hindustan Times  

Who are the corona warriors? “We have hotel management graduates who don’t know how to handle medical cases,” says Greesh Bindra, vice president operations, The Suryaa New Delhi. Doctors’ advice for hotel staff serving Covid-19 patients: Do maintain a six feet distance from all patients Do wear PPE kits as a mandate Do contactless check ins Don’t touch points such …

Medical staff working with COVID-19 patients to be lodged in 5-star hotels in UP
4 years, 9 months ago

Medical staff working with COVID-19 patients to be lodged in 5-star hotels in UP

India TV News  

Doctors, nurses and paramedical staff working with coronavirus patients will be lodged in four 5-star hotels of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday. Commissioner Lucknow, Mukesh Meshram said an isolation ward has been set up in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Gomti Nagar area. Similarly, the medical staff working in the isolation ward of Sanjay Gandhi …

Coronavirus: All rough sleepers in England should be housed by weekend, government says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: All rough sleepers in England should be housed by weekend, government says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter sent to homelessness managers and rough sleeping coordinators across the country, …

Hotels being converted into coronavirus hospitals and shelters
4 years, 9 months ago

Hotels being converted into coronavirus hospitals and shelters

CNN  

CNN — The Ayre Gran Hotel Colón is a four-star, 365-room design hotel in downtown Madrid close to Retiro Park and one of the city’s largest hospitals. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that America’s third-largest city would set aside 1,000 rooms in five hotels to isolate people who are mildly ill with Covid-19, fear they’ve been exposed or are …

Fletcher, Van der Valk make hotels available for treating coronavirus patients
4 years, 9 months ago

Fletcher, Van der Valk make hotels available for treating coronavirus patients

NL Times  

Hotel chains Fletcher and Van der Valk are making hotels available as care centers for coronavirus patients and other patients to leave more room in hospitals. More than a hundred locations are ready to be converted for patient care within a short time, the two chains confirmed to NU.nl. Separate hotels can also open for patients with other illnesses, so …

Coronavirus: Chelsea avails Stamford Bridge hotel to NHS workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Chelsea avails Stamford Bridge hotel to NHS workers

The Hindu  

Chelsea's Millennium Hotel at Stamford Bridge will be made available to National Health Service workers for free during the coronavirus pandemic. Medical personnel initially from hospitals in north-west London will be able to use the hotel for the next two months, though that period could be extended. A club statement read: "Chelsea Football Club is joining the medical response to …

Hospitals won't cope with escalating coronavirus outbreak, senior Queensland doctor says
4 years, 9 months ago

Hospitals won't cope with escalating coronavirus outbreak, senior Queensland doctor says

ABC  

A senior Queensland doctor is concerned the state's hospital system is not equipped to handle the peak of a coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Several other senior doctors in the public health system all agree with Dr Frances Ware's concerns Dr Ware says she is confused as to why tougher measures are not being deployed to stop the spread of the …

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