COVID-19

  • Victoria on virus alert following positive test

    Victoria has recorded its first community case of COVID-19 since February after a returned traveller tested positive for the virus after leaving interstate hotel quarantine.

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  • Lorne nurse assists with Papua New Guinean COVID-19 efforts

    A Lorne nurse has travelled to Papua New Guinea to help the Australian Medical Assistance Team with the country’s fight against COVID-19.

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  • ‘Bubble’ to let families reunite

    A New Zealand export living in Colac and a Colac export living in New Zealand are stoked with the news of a travel bubble opening between Australia and New Zealand.

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  • COVID cost region $500M

    The Great Ocean Road region lost more than $500 million from its tourism economy last year because of COVID-19, Federal Government research shows.

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  • Clinic’s vaccine supply limited

    Otway Medical Clinic says it will only be able to vaccinate 580 people during the next 12 weeks, due to a slow supply of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Coast ready for vaccines

    Apollo Bay and Lorne medical centres are set to start the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine next month, with GPs urging to the community to be patient.

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  • Reflecting on year of upheaval

    Remote learning, bare supermarket shelves, event cancellations, health warnings and a state of emergency.

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  • No special treatment for Bulla

    Bulla Dairy Foods employees won’t get priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine.

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