As already mentioned Victoria's last CV19 hospital patient was discharged yesterday, and as they were also our last active case that also saw active cases drop to zero.
The last COVID-19 patient in a Victorian hospital has been discharged, bringing Victoria closer to officially eliminating the virus.
The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the man left Monash Medical Centre yesterday.
The man's wife, who had also been hospitalised with the virus, was discharged last week.
Queensland's Premier says the state's border will open to all of New South Wales from December 1, after NSW recorded four weeks of no new mystery COVID-19 cases. A decision will be made on Victoria tomorrow. Look back over Tuesday's live blog.
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The man and his wife - hospitalised since November 1 - were the last two remaining active cases in the state until the woman in her 80s was discharged from hospital on Thursday.
The couple both fell ill with the disease in early October, and have pulled through after a serious battle with the virus, Dr Stuart said.
"They both had a stormy course really.. [but] they made it through and did really well," she said.
Monash Health was able to secure an exemption from state authorities to allow the couple's daughter to visit them in hospital during the darker stages of their battle with the virus.
"I think that emotional support makes a difference [to recovery]," Dr Stuart said.
"The wife was discharged last week and the gentleman was discharged last night so they could go home and be together and start living a normal life."
The treating team from Monash Health had also treated the state's first confirmed case of the virus.
Data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that March 1 was the last time there were no active cases in Victoria.
Victoria's second COVID-19 wave has officially ended after a man in his 90s was discharged from hospital on Monday, leaving the state with no active cases for the first time in almost nine months.
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I know with the major hospital that my daughter works at that she is relieved that after having up to 5 Covid Wards that they have now had for several weeks no Covid Wards as they have now reverted to normal operations (Wards get reconfigured all the time to respond to the needs of the day. Her hospital was fortunate to have been the major hospital with probably the lowest number of staff who tested positive.
In her case her ward is back to primarily being a Respiratory and Infectious Diseases (Yes there are non-Covid diseases such as TB, ones that attack the heart etc) Ward. However Covid still provides challenges to those at the hospital primarily as there are still restrictions on relatives visiting. And as in her ward patients die most weeks, this is a particular problem.
Generally in the hospital CV19 protocols, while still very much present, are now not as strict. ie Generally surgical masks now worn rather than N95's and higher, special PPE clothing not worn. However other diseases, and or medical treatments, still as they always have require a higher level of PPE.
My niece, a nurse at a different hospital, who had one cluster of 90 is also much happier. Especially as she has two very young children herself. At the height of that outbreak she never avoided a shift, but yes the fear did play on her mind.
Friends who work at other hospitals here in Melbourne are all equally happy at present.
