Pushka it is not just for Covid 19 kin.
All hospitals now have restrictions I believe for all visitors and not just those with kin who have Covid 19 (which is still luckily quite rare in ICU and hospitals in Australia. This probably will vary from site to site as well.
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ICU because of what it is has patients in a poor state. Death is a common in the ICU and yes many relatives need to say farewell. At present whatever the cause of an individual death visitor numbers will be restricted. Visitor number are restricted period in the ICU, and in the whole hospital number.
Also remember that some possible CV19 patients may well have their kin in self-isolation and if so they would not be allowed to visit the hospital at all.
Remember too that the ICU has many patients and has new patients every day. That 18 year old car accident victim who tonight may well be admitted to an ICU or Respiratory Ward.