A baby and a child aged under 10 who are both being treated for Covid have been placed on ventilators to breathe in a Sydney intensive care unit.It comes as the number of Covid infected children climbs to 2000.The infant is believed to be one of the youngest children with Covid ever treated in an ICU in Australia.The child is among a growing number of 173 patients now in intensive care in NSW. There are 863 Covid patients in NSW hospitals.For the first time three children are among those being cared for in NSW ICUs.Two children under the age of 10 are understood to be on ventilators including the infant.– Reporting by Samantha Maiden Victoria records 183 new Covid casesVictoria recorded 183 new cases of Covid-19 infections on Sunday, after authorities warned the state’s case numbers would not go down anytime soon.The new cases, all locally acquired, were discovered amid 48,487 tests.Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said earlier this week infections in the state could continue to rise, driven by people delaying tests and breaching lockdown rules.New exposure site listed for QldA fresh Covid-19 exposure site has been listed in Queensland after another infected truck driver entered the state from NSW.State authorities listed a site at Archerfield overnight after the truck driver tested positive to the virus.The truck driver was infectious in the Queensland community for two days on September 2 and 3 before returning home to NSW.He visited the BP Service Station on the corner of Randolph St and Boundary Rd at Archerfield on September 2 from 1am to 1.30am and 6.10pm to 6.45pm.It comes after two other infectious truck drivers, one from NSW and one from QLD, visited sites around the state.Authorities remain concerned about a positive case in a four-year-old girl from Beenleigh linked to one of the drivers, a 46 year-old from Logan.The girl is the daughter of an administrative officer who works in the same area of the truck company‘s headquarters and is a family friend of the truck driver.The girl was infectious in the community for two days before being tested.Chief health officer Jeanette Young said she was “very concerned” about community transmission due to the truck driver’s high viral load.Daily Telegraph – News Feed latest episodeSydney braces for 11am updateMeanwhile Sydney is bracing for an update on its figures at 11am, after another record day on Saturday in which 1533 new Covid cases and four deaths were recorded.More than 1000 people in NSW are now being treated in hospital for the deadly virus. On the national front, the TGA has granted provisional approval for the use of the Moderna vaccine in 12-17 year-olds.NAT – Stay Informed – Social Media
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