Tag: covid-19
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TAREE TOUCH PLAYERS WAITING FOR SEASON START DATE
The statewide ban on community sport is leaving the start date for summer comps up in the air. The Taree touch football season is among them, with players champing at the bit to get back on the park.
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CLINIC OPENS SUNDAYS TO VACCINATE FRONT LINE WORKERS
The Manning Health Hub is playing its part in getting more Taree locals vaccinated. It’s secured a supply of AstraZeneca from Canberra, allowing the clinic to open on Sundays for front line workers. The increase should help reduce the two-week wait time for vaccinations. “We need to get people in who are haven’t been able…
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HALFWAY CREEK SERVICE STATION LISTED AS VENUE OF CONCERN
The Halfway Creek Service Station, south-east of Grafton, has been identified as a new venue of concern linked to a confirmed Covid case. Anyone who visited the service station on Sunday afternoon between 4 and 5 o’clock must get tested and isolate until they return a negative result. It comes as traces of the virus…
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ANOTHER VACCINATION OPTION FOR THE MID NORTH COAST
Mid north coast residents will now have a third option when they go to get the jab – the Moderna vaccine is on its way to regional pharmacies. Authorities are hoping it super-charges the rollout.
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MANNING RIVERSTAGE TO BE REOPENED IN STYLE
The Manning RiverStage is finally repaired, more than six months after it was damaged by March’s floods. A local Rotary club aims to reopen it in style with a free concert series later this year.
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RETURN OF PATRONS IMMINENT AT TAREE RACE TRACK
Manning Valley Race Club is hoping to welcome the public back in time for its spring racing program. Despite the end of lockdown, only jockeys and select trainers were allowed on site for today’s race meeting at Taree.
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MID COAST COMMUNITY CELEBRATES THE END OF LOCKDOWN
Deputy Premier John Barilaro made the call to lift the lockdown for the Mid Coast shortly after nine o’clock last night, following days of back and forth with local MP Stephen Bromhead. Business owners scrambled to reopen to customers for the first time in months.
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MANNING VALLEY NETBALL SEASON CALLED OFF EARLY
Manning Valley Netball has its season – as uncertainty continues over the state’s lockdown. Players now wait to find out if presentations can be held in person.
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PERSON TESTS POSITIVE TO COVID-19 AT BOORAL
The small Mid Coast town of Booral has been rocked by a COVID-19 diagnosis. It comes as testing in the council area has dropped off in recent days.
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COVID-19 TRACES FOUND IN WEST KEMPSEY SEWAGE
Traces of covid-19 have been found in Mid North Coast sewage for the third time this week. The virus was detected in samples taken from the West Kempsey local treatment plant on August 31 and September 2. Fragments were also detected this week in Wauchope, Port Macquarie, Dunbogan and Bonny Hills. Health authorities expressing concern.…