COVID-19

  • No visitors at care centres

    Hospitals and care facilities have again closed to visitors as part of the latest COVID-19 state lockdown.

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  • Special needs students return under tweaked lockdown rules

    Students with disabilities can return to the classroom under tweaks to lockdown restrictions that take effect from today, while the State Government has also tightened its border with New South Wales to lock out returning Victorians, but outdoor work can resume for some industries.

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  • Surf Coast trail cancelled

    One of the Great Ocean Road region’s main annual arts events won’t go ahead this year.

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  • Testing efforts keep hospital workers busy

    COVID-19 testing continued in Colac on Friday and Saturday, as Victoria entered its fifth lockdown.

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  • Lockdown timeline in doubt

    Colac and district appears unlikely to get an early reprieve from lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread across the state.

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  • Awards nominations open

    Colac businesses can celebrate their excellence, with the Colac Chamber of Commerce opening nominations for its October business awards.

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  • Screening expanded after new outbreak

    A year on from Colac’s first COVID-19 outbreak, district residents are again bracing themselves in the wake of another Victorian outbreak, with positive cases and exposure sites close to home.

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  • New cases highlight Sydney outbreak’s risk

    Victoria has slammed its border shut to New South Wales and recorded its first local COVID cases in nearly a fortnight as a Sydney virus outbreak worsens.

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