Articles tagged: COVID-19
Two new cases, new Colac exposure site
Colac has recorded three new COVID-19 cases.
EDITORIAL: Be calm and sensible in new viral world
We need to understand that going forward, everywhere is a potential exposure site, but we have tried and tested ways to reduce our chance of contracting or spreading the virus.
Coronavirus fragments in Apollo Bay’s sewage
Great Ocean Road Health’s chief says the detection of coronavirus fragments in Apollo Bay’s wastewater is unexpected but not a complete surprise considering there are positive cases close to the coastal town.
Colac cases contained to homes
Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew says Colac’s active COVID-19 cases are contained to households across the city, with the health service and Barwon Health constantly monitoring positive cases and their household contacts.
10 new COVID-19 cases in Colac
Colac has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases, bringing Colac Otway's active case tally to 26.
Slow spread of virus could avert lockdown
Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says he believes Colac Otway could avoid a COVID-19 lockdown if the current outbreak remains contained, after the shire recorded no new cases yesterday.
Positive case had minimal contact with co-workers
Limited numbers of staff at a Colac workplace are in isolation after a co-worker tested positive to COVID-19 this morning.
Sixteen active cases for Colac
Colac now has 16 active cases of COVID-19, with Colac Area Health confirming one more case since yesterday morning.
CLUSTER GROWS: ALC closes amid Colac COVID-19 outbreak
Colac’s COVID-19 outbreak has grown to at least 15 cases, and led to a precautionary shutdown of one of Colac’s largest employers.
COPACC site not public
Barwon Health says Colac’s vaccination clinic at COPACC is a non-public exposure site, after a positive-COVID-case attended the clinic last Tuesday.
State responsible for exposure information
Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew says she understands the community’s frustration about a lack of COVID-19 exposure site information, but said the health service was doing everything it could to respond to the situation.
COVID news in brief
News on restrictions and the vaccine rollout.
Six new COVID cases in Colac
Colac has recorded six new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the active case number to 15.
New cases linked to social gatherings
Victoria’s COVID commander Jeroen Weimar has confirmed that social gatherings were the transmission route for Colac’s new COVID-19 cases today, not workplace transmission.
Five new COVID-19 cases in Colac
Colac recorded five new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the current outbreak to nine cases.
Camperdown training pays off
Twenty months of preparations were immediately put to use when news came through that Corangamite Shire had recorded a positive COVID-19 case.
