Tag: COVID19
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NORTHERN NSW COVID19 UPDATE
The number of patients with covid in hospital remains steady in the Northern Health District. 36 people are in care, one person remains in ICU. Infections increased overnight with 418 cases reported. (NO AUDIO)
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COVID-19 CASES AND HOSPITALISATIONS DROP
There’s been another dip in Covid-19 hopitalisations across the Northern New South Wales Health District – from 31 to 24 overnight – with 5 in ICU. There’s also been an 18-percent decrease in cases – with 393 fresh infections recorded today. (NO AUDIO)
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NORTHERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT RECORDS TWO COVID DEATHS
The Northern Health District has sadly seen two Covid related deaths in the latest reporting period. Two men, both aged in their 80s from Ballina and Pottsville died with the virus. The region saw a drop in case numbers and hospitalisations. There’s another 800 new infections in the region – 39 people are being cared…
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COVID CASES CLIMB WITH HEALTH WORKERS FEELING THE PRESSURE
The Local Health District recorded more than 550 new Covid cases today and fatigue is setting in for frontline staff. ICU nurses say they’re bracing – with the worse yet to come.
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21 NEW COVID CASES IN NORTHERN NSW
There’s been 21 new cases just south of the border – including 13 at Byron Bay. A cluster there now stands at 16, those cases linked to an event called Wizard Blizzard at Coorabell Hall. It featured four bands – including Lennox Head group Power Drill – one member testing positive. “We’ve only just started…
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NNSWLHD RECORDS 12 NEW COVID CASES
12 new covid cases have been recorded on the north coast – just as Queensland relaxes border restrictions for Kyogle, Lismore and the Richmond Valley. Nine of the infections are in Grafton, and three in Ballina… closing down a high school.
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CALLS FOR VACCINATION TARGETS TO BE MET IN REGIONAL NSW BEFORE OPENING TO TRAVEL
The Rural Doctors Association is calling on the state government to make sure vaccination targets are met in regional areas before more covid restrictions are eased. Regional areas will likely be accessible for travel to the fully vaccinated, once the state reaches the 70 per cent vaccination mark. Only 55 percent of people in Byron…
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LISMORE’S EAT THE STREET CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN
Lismore’s annual foodie festival, Eat The Street, has been cancelled due to the lockdown. The festival, was scheduled for August, then postponed for a later date in October. The event draws thousands of people to sample gourmet goods from the best chefs in the region. Organisers say it will be back in 2022 with new…
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TRUCK DRIVERS PROTEST AT CHINDERAH OVER BORDER RESTRICTIONS
Truck drivers held a more subtle sit-in at Chinderah’s service station today. More than a dozen gathered to call for an end to border restrictions.
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NORTHERN RIVERS WILL ENTER A 7 DAY LOCKDOWN AFTER A POSITIVE CASE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE REGION
The Far north coast will head into a 7 day lockdown after a 50-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus and was revealed to have been out in the community for FIVE days. Contact tracers are scrambling to determine which venues he’s visited in that time and we’re yet to hear a full list of exposure…