Coronavirus
Masks a must for major employer
Visitors to Bulla’s Colac sites will have to wear masks to increase staff and community safety in the COVID environment.
Licence checks protect community
Colac and district’s pubs are checking patrons’ postcodes, with venues having to refuse customers from locked-down areas.
Trinity closed for three days
Trinity College Colac will be closed until Thursday and Year 12 students will be studying from home for a fortnight after a student tested positive for COVID-19.
Baseballers still preparing for season
Colac baseball official Brendan DeLorenzo says the association is still preparing for its junior competition to start this weekend despite a host of other sports being put on hold.
Face masks advised
Regional Victorians should wear face masks when they can’t enforce social distancing, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew says, as coronavirus testing increases across the state.
Six cases confirmed in Colac district COVID cluster
Health authorities have confirmed there are six active COVID-19 cases linked to a cluster at Australian Lamb Company Colac.
Trinity to close for three days after student tests positive for COVID-19
Colac’s Trinity College will be closed until Thursday after a student tested positive to COVID-19 yesterday, while 77 senior students will need to stay at home for a fortnight as a precaution.
Third person tests positive for COVID-19 in Colac cluster
A third Colac person has tested for COVID-19, with a close contact of Colac’s two other active cases receiving their positive test results this morning.