COVID-19

  • Local vax rate still rising

    Almost 50 per cent of people in the Colac-Corangamite region are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while the first-dose rate is almost three-in-four.

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  • No cases linked to Lorne site

    The restricted movements of a COVID-19-positive construction worker at Lorne might have saved the coastal town from a coronavirus outbreak.

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  • Buses replace trains due to COVID case

    V-Line train services in south-west Victoria have faced disruptions and staff shortages after a train driver in Melbourne tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Vic chemists get new jabs

    Victoria is set to receive an increased share of the Federal Government’s latest COVID-19 vaccine shipment.

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  • City folk blocked from Colac shots

    The State Government has backflipped on a rule that allowed Melbourne residents to travel outside the city to access COVID shots, including at Colac Area Health’s vaccination clinic.

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  • Lorne responds to COVID scare

    A large-scale Lorne construction site at Stribling Reserve has shut down after state health authorities identified it as a tier one COVID exposure site.

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  • COVID exposure site at Lorne

    Health officials have listed a construction site at Lorne’s Stribling Reserve as a tier one COVID-19 exposure site.

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  • Small groups return to church

    Worshippers will return to Colac and district churches as lockdown lifts this weekend, but only in small numbers.

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