Colac Area Health

  • Health service recruiting for COVID services

    Colac Area Health will build its current workforce in its COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics, in response to the demands of ongoing staffing issues due to the pandemic.

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  • Testing demand drops in Colac

    Colac Area Health will reduce its opening hours this week as demand for PCR testing drops, after Colac Otway recorded 150 cases in the past three days.

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  • PCR test demand easing

    Demand for COVID-19 PCR testing in Colac has declined and changes to close contact rules mean more essential workers will be able to attend work even if they are close contacts of a positive COVID-19 case.

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  • Youngster relieved to get COVID jab

    Seventy Colac district children rolled up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine this week.

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  • New rules to combat outbreak

    New COVID-19 restrictions will come into effect across Victoria from tonight, after Colac Otway recorded 63 new cases in the past two days.

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  • Elective surgery roll-back

    Colac Area Health will reduce its non-urgent elective surgery, in line with State Government regulations, to help hospitals respond to the increasing number of patients with COVID-19.

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  • Worker shortages hit health service

    Colac Area Health says it is facing staff shortages while dealing with high demand for COVID-19 testing, acknowledging community frustrations around testing and result wait times.

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  • Surging demand for virus tests

    Health services and authorities are continuing to ask for patience and kindness towards healthcare workers as demand for COVID-19 testing across the Colac district persists and wait times blow out.

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