COVID-19

  • New Zealand travel on the cards

    New Zealand has reopened its travel bubble with Victoria and Australian states are removing travel restrictions ahead of the school holidays.

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  • COVID test numbers ease

    The fluctuation in Colac’s COVID-19 testing numbers in the past month is reflective of Victoria’s COVID-19 situation, Colac Area Health community health executive director Jo Stevens says.

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  • Priority shots for aged carers

    Colac, Lorne and Apollo Bay aged-care staff continue to be a priority in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but not all of them have received a vaccine.

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  • Patients urged to seek second COVID vaccine

    Health authorities say it is still safe for people aged 50 to 59 to receive their second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, after the minimum age recommendation for the vaccine increased.

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  • District welcomes visa plans

    Colac district farmers are set to benefit from a dedicated agricultural visa aimed to deliver workers to the agricultural sector, Colac district employers say.

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  • Shot shortage making clinic tough to plan

    Colac Area Health chief Fiona Brew says the health service is planning its COVID-19 vaccine clinics week by week due to supply shortages.

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  • City travellers, footy crowds can return under new COVID rules

    A border separating regional Victorian and Melbourne will lift and density limits will ease for a host of venues under new COVID rules that take effect Friday.

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  • Victoria eagerly waits for restrictions to ease

    Victoria recorded two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases yesterday as it prepares further easing of restrictions later this week.

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