Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 03 April 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 03 April 2020 Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public What's new? Developments in the outbreak As…
04Apr 20
01Apr 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update 1 April 2020
2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 01 April 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 01 April 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 15 March 2020) Issued by: Dr Simon Crouch, Acting Deputy Chief Health Officer (Communicable Disease) Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Key messages …
26Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus disease update 25 March 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 25 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 25 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 23 March 2020) Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Key…
24Mar 20
Health alert – Legionnaires’ disease linked to Brunswick area 24 March 2020
Legionnaires' disease linked to Brunswick area 24 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 24 March 2020 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Environment) Issued to: Health professionals and laboratories Key messages The department is investigating an outbreak of cases…
21Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update 21 March 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 21 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 21 March 2020 Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public What's new As of 0930hrs 21 March 2020, Victoria has 229 total…
18Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update 18 March 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 18 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 18 March 2020 Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Key messages As of 0930hrs 18…
17Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update 17 March 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 17 March 2020 Date issued: 17 March 2020 Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Purpose This Chief Health Officer update is intended to…
16Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update 16 March 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 Daily Update 16 March 2020 Date issued: 16 March 2020 Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Purpose This Chief Health Officer update is intended to…
15Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus disease update 15 March 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 15 March 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 15 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 15 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 10 March 2020) Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton,…
07Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 7 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 7 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 3 March 2020) Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian…
07Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus disease update
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 7 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 7 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 3 March 2020) Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian…
05Mar 20
Health alert – advisory
Poisonous mushrooms growing in Melbourne5 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 5 March 2020 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Environment) Issued to: Health professionals and consumers Key messages Poisonous mushrooms including Death Cap mushrooms and Yellow-staining mushrooms are…
04Mar 20
Health alert – new measles case identified in Victoria
New measles case identified in Victoria 4 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 4 March 2020 Issued by: Dr Annaliese van Diemen, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Communicable Disease), Victoria Issued to: Medical Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages A new case…
03Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 3 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 3 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 2 March 2020) Issued by: Adjunct Clinical Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian…
03Mar 20
Health alert – Coronavirus update
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Update 2 March 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 2 March 2020 - (Update to Alert issued 25 February 2020) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public…
11Feb 20
Health Alert – Novel Coronavirus update
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - Update 11 February 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 11 February 2020 (Update to Alert issued 4 February 2020) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Key messages The Guideline…
04Feb 20
Health alert – Novel Coronavirus update
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - Update 4 February 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 4 February 2020 (Update to Alert issued 2 February 2020) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and the Victorian public Key messages As of…
04Feb 20
New measles cases identified in Victoria
New measles cases identified in Victoria 4 February 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 4 February 2020 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Medical Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages Two new unrelated cases of…
31Jan 20
Health alert – 2019 Novel Coronavirus update
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - Update 31 January 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 31 January 2020 (Update to Alert issued 29 January 2020) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and patients Key messages A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)…
29Jan 20
Health alert – 2019 Novel Coronavirus update
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 29 January 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 29 January 2020 (Update to Alert issued 25 January 2020) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicians and patients Key messages A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has…
28Jan 20
Health alert – extreme heat
Heat Health Alert Central, East Gippsland, Mallee, North Central, North East, Northern Country and West and South Gippsland weather districts Friday 31st January 2020 The Chief Health Officer has issued a heat health alert based on the Bureau of Meteorology…
28Jan 20
Health Alert – Coronavirus
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 25 January 2020 Status: Active Date issued: 25 January 2020 (Update to 24 January 2020) Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicans and patients Key messages Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services…
24Jan 20
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Date issued: 24 January 2020 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Clinicans and patients Key messages There has now been approximately 600 cases of the novel coronavirus and 18 deaths. The situation is evolving rapidly. The cluster…
07Jan 20
Use of P2 masks in bushfire smoke
The following advice from the Acting Chief Medical Officer and State and Territory chief health offices is on the use of masks for those exposed to bushfire smoke. P2 masks are not recommended for general community use. Read more: Masks…
04Jan 20
HEALTH ALERT – Health concerns related to Victorian bushfires
Status: Active Date issued: 3 January 2020 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Key messages A State of Disaster has been declared as significant bushfires are burning across Victoria and impacting communities across the state. The situation is rapidly…
17Sep 19
New measles case in Victoria
Status: Active Date issued: 16 September 2019 (Update to Alert issued 11 September) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General practitioners and hospital emergency departments Key messages A new confirmed measles case has been identified in a…
23Aug 19
Chief Health Officer Alert – New measles case in Victoria
Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Communicable Disease), Victoria Issued to: General practitioners and hospital emergency departments Key messages A confirmed measles case has been identified in a Victorian resident who has returned from overseas travel. The case was…
09Aug 19
Severe weather prediction in Victoria
Severe weather predicted - info for your awareness, planning and preparedness: A significant cold front with locally destructive wind gusts (potential for 130km/hr along the south west coast, up to 110km in Melbourne) is expected to cross the state overnight.…
23May 19
Seven measles cases in Victoria linked to overseas travellers
Status: Active Date issued: 22 May 2019 (update to Alert issued 21 May 2019) Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages Seven confirmed measles cases have been…
17May 19
More measles cases in Victoria
Date issued: 16 May 2019 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages An additional case of measles has been confirmed in an overseas traveller. This is in…
09May 19
More measles cases in Victoria
Date issued: 8 May 2019 (update to Alert issued 2 May 2019) Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages Four cases of measles have been confirmed in…
02May 19
Measles Case in Victoria
Date issued: 2 May 2019 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments Key messages There has been a case of measles in a person who may have been infectious…
08Apr 19
Poisonous Mushrooms Growing in Melbourne
Date issued: 05 April 2019 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Health professionals, consumers Key messages Poisonous mushrooms including Death Cap mushrooms and Yellow-staining mushrooms are currently growing around Victoria. Extreme caution is advised when…
28Mar 19
Further Measles Cases in Victoria
Date issued: 28 March 2019 (update to Alert issued 26 March 2019) Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General practitioners and hospital emergency departments Key messages There have been additional unrelated cases of measles in…
26Mar 19
Syphilis Cases Continue to Rise in Victoria
Date issued: 25 March 2019 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: Health professionals Key messages Victorian syphilis notifications continue to increase in women as well as in men who have sex with men (MSM). For the first time…
22Mar 19
Potential Egg-Related Illness
Date issued: 21 March 2019 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer Issued to: Health professionals and consumers Key messages A national recall of eggs produced by Bridgewater Poultry is underway following the detection of a particular strain of…
22Feb 19
New Measles Cases in Victoria – Additional Case in Melbourne CBD
22 February 2019 Key messages There has been an additional unrelated case of measles in a returned overseas traveller who may have been infectious whilst in multiple public areas in the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) between Tuesday 12 February…
24Jan 19
Heat Health Alert
Central, East Gippsland, North Central, North East, Northern Country and West and South Gippsland weather districts Friday 25th January 2019 The Chief Health Officer has issued a heat health alert based on the Bureau of Meteorology 7-day forecast. The forecast…
15Jan 19
Further Measles Case in Victoria
Monday 14 January 2019 There has been a case of measles who may have been infectious whilst at Box Hill Hospital between Thursday 10 January and Sunday 13 January 2019: Thursday 10 January: Box Hill Hospital (8.00am to 9.30pm) including…
03Jan 19
Heat Health Alert
East Gippsland Weather District Friday 4th January 2019 The Chief Health Officer has issued a heat health alert based on the Bureau of Meteorology 7-day forecast. The forecast conditions may cause an increase in heat related illnesses in the community.…
21Dec 18
New Imported Measles Case in Melbourne
There has been one confirmed case of measles who may have been infectious while at a number of places in Victoria between Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 December 2018: 10 December – UNITE 2018 Syro Malabar National Youth Conference,…
21Dec 18
Hepatitis A Outbreak
The free two-dose hepatitis A vaccination program has been extended to further control the hepatitis A outbreak in Victoria. The two-dose hepatitis A vaccination is free until 30 June 2019 for all men who have sex with men (MSM), people…
07Dec 18
Heat Health Alert: West & South Gippsland
The Chief Health Officer has issued a heat health warning for West & South Gippsland with predictions of 30+ degrees based on the Bureau of Meteorology 7-day forecast. https://bit.ly/1Degc0i Here are some simple tips to survive the heat: ► Drink plenty…
07Dec 18
Health Warning On Mosquitoes And Ross River Virus
The Chief Health Officer has issued a health warning on mosquitoes and Ross River virus Residents and visitors to Victoria are being warned to protect themselves against mosquito-borne diseases such as Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus as the…
06Dec 18
Heat Health Warning For East Gippsland
The Chief Health Officer has issued a heat health warning for East Gippsland with predictions of 30+ degrees based on the Bureau of Meteorology 7-day forecast. https://bit.ly/1Degc0i Here are some simple tips to survive the heat: ► Drink plenty of water…
25Sep 18
Lead poisoning associated with illicit opium use
24 September 2018 Status: Active Date issued: 24 September 2018 Issued by: Dr Angie Bone, Deputy Chief Health Officer (Environment), Victoria Issued to: Health professionals, consumers Key messages Be alert for patients presenting with symptoms of lead poisoning, particularly those…
10Aug 18
Candid auris case detected in Victoria
Key messages A Victorian man has been diagnosed with the uncommon fungal superbug Candida auris (also known as C. auris). This is the first known case of C. auris in Victoria. C. auris is a fungus which can cause colonisation on the skin, or invasive infections…
28May 18
Influenza vaccine supply
Due to unprecedented demand across Australia for influenza vaccine in 2018, there is now no stock available for order in Victoria of Fluarix Tetra, FluQuadri, Afluria Quad, Fluzone High Dose and Fluad. There is limited stock of FluQuadri Junior licensed…
19Apr 18
Multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea detected in Australia
Status: Active Date issued: 17 April 2018 Issued by: Dr Brett Sutton, Acting Chief Health Officer, Victoria Issued to: General practitioners Key messages Two cases of multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea infection have been detected in Australia. The emergence of this strain,…
27Mar 18
Hepatitis A outbreak 22 March 2018
Key messages There has been a confirmed case of hepatitis A in a food handler who worked while infectious at Cumulus Inc. restaurant, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Any person who ate food - especially uncooked food - at Cumulus Inc. between 26…
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