Colac Area Health

  • Human error behind late COVID test results

    Colac Area Health says human error on behalf of its staff or patients can lead to COVID-19 testing issues, after Colac residents raised concerns about the possibility of lost tests.

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  • High vax figure excites mayor

    Colac’s mayor has praised the community for surging past 90 per cent vaccination against COVID-19.

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  • Colac cases contained to homes

    Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew says Colac’s active COVID-19 cases are contained to households across the city, with the health service and Barwon Health constantly monitoring positive cases and their household contacts.

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  • 10 new COVID-19 cases in Colac

    Colac has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases, bringing Colac Otway’s active case tally to 26.

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  • Slow spread of virus could avert lockdown

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says he believes Colac Otway could avoid a COVID-19 lockdown if the current outbreak remains contained, after the shire recorded no new cases yesterday.

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  • State responsible for exposure information

    Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew says she understands the community’s frustration about a lack of COVID-19 exposure site information, but said the health service was doing everything it could to respond to the situation.

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  • COVID action: Testing blitz after positive case

    Colac’s first COVID-19 case in more than a year, a hospitalisation, close contacts in isolation, a ramp up in testing and mystery surrounding local exposure sites. It’s been a hectic couple of days.

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  • Dedicated staff reach vaccine milestone

    Colac Area Health has hit an exciting milestone in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout – delivering its 10,000th vaccine dose.

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