Articles by Ruby Manson

  • Test can detect dead virus

    Very few recovered coronavirus patients will retest positive to the disease, an infectious diseases expert says. Barwon Health’s director of infectious diseases professor Eugene Athan said the sensitivity of the tests used to detect COVID-19 – PCR tests – meant recovered people could test positive weeks and months after recovery, though it was an occasional […]

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  • COVID recoveries continue

    The number of active COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway has fallen for a fourth consecutive day, while the area’s cumulative case number has also dropped.

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  • Test not needed to prove recovery

    Colac Area Health has confirmed COVID-19 patients don’t need to confirm their recovery from the disease with a test, despite Colac district businesses requesting follow-up testing.

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  • Trains punctual

    Warrnambool rail line commuters experienced slight reliability and punctuality changes in July, but V-Line met its targets.

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  • Action needed to close the gap

    Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative’s chief says a new agreement to improve Indigenous peoples’ lives must be locally led to be successful.

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  • Survivor grateful to foundation

    Daffodil Day will be different this year, but Colac breast cancer survivor Janine Benson says its importance remains the same.

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  • Heart disease our biggest killer

    Heart disease being the biggest killer of Colac district people has come as no surprise to a Beeac-based researcher.

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  • No new COVID cases in Colac Otway

    Colac Otway has recorded no new COVID cases overnight, according to today’s DHHS data. There are still 92 active cases in the shire, which is the same as yesterday. DHHS have linked 83 cases to an outbreak at Colac’s Australian Lamb Company. Surf Coast Shire has six active cases, Golden Plains has 13 and Corangamite […]

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