COVID-19

  • LONG COVID: Health service still impacted by pandemic

    Colac Area Health is still feeling the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the health service’s annual report says.

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  • Pandemic study’s key findings

    Strong, visible leadership, consistent communication, fostering team-level wellbeing, self-care strategies and community gratitude were key to the health and wellbeing of health service staff during the pandemic.

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  • Corangamite council offering COVID tests

    Corangamite Shire residents can visit their council to pick up free rapid antigen tests to help control the spread on COVID-19.

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  • COVID numbers at 19-month low

    Colac Otway has recorded a whole week with zero new COVID-19 cases, official data shows.

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  • Shire recording an average of three COVID-19 cases per day

    COVID-19 infection rates in Colac Otway have fallen to a two-month low.

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  • Outbreak measures stood down

    Authorities have contained a  COVID-19 outbreak at Colac’s Corangamarah aged-care home, with no new cases in recent days. The Department of Health and Aged Care’s most recent snapshot for COVID in aged care listed 24 cases of COVID among Corangamarah residents and seven among staff on December 8. A statement from Colac Area Health confirmed […]

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  • COVID-19 cases surge in district

    Colac Otway’s active COVID-19 case tally has surged by almost 60 cases in the space of a month, as health authorities warn people to be vigilant and keep their vaccinations up to date.

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  • Face mask rules eased for Victorians

    Victorians will no longer have to wear face masks on public transport, bringing the state’s COVID-19 mask mandates in line with most other Australian states and territories.

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