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Changes to pandemic orders
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Changes to pandemic orders

THE Victorian Government will make what it says are “modest and sensible” changes to pandemic orders from 11.59pm this Friday, June 24 to allow Victorians to live safely with COVID–19 while reducing transmission and hospitalisations. Minister for...

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24 Jun 2022
Changes to pandemic orders
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Changes to pandemic orders

THE Victorian Government will make what it says are “modest and sensible” changes to pandemic orders from 11.59pm this Friday, June 24 to allow Victorians to live safely with COVID–19 while reducing transmission and hospitalisations. Minister for...

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18 Jun 2022
Two Blackwood Cottage residents test positive to COVID–19
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Two Blackwood Cottage residents test positive to COVID–19

ALBURY Wodonga Health (AWH) and Beechworth Health Service (BHS) have confirmed two residents have tested positive to COVID–19 at Blackwood Cottage, Beechworth. Blackwood Cottage is a residential mental health facility which is located within BHS...

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14 Jan 2022
Two Blackwood Cottage residents test positive to COVID–19
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Two Blackwood Cottage residents test positive to COVID–19

ALBURY Wodonga Health (AWH) and Beechworth Health Service (BHS) have confirmed two residents have tested positive to COVID–19 at Blackwood Cottage, Beechworth. Blackwood Cottage is a residential mental health facility which is located within BHS...

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14 Jan 2022
Pools to open on rostered basis
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Pools to open on rostered basis

THE ongoing shortage of lifeguards together with the increasing number of positive COVID cases has forced Belgravia Leisure to introduce a rostering system for some local pools. The company, which has been contracted to manage council’s five swimming...

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14 Jan 2022
New pandemic declaration to support Omnicron response
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New pandemic declaration to support Omnicron response

PREMIER Daniel Andrews has extended the pandemic declaration to apply to the state of Victoria from 11.59pm Wednesday, January 12 for three months. The declaration was announced Sunday afternoon and made under section 165AE of the Public Health and...

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09 Jan 2022
week 49 om
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week 49 om

ALBURY Wodonga Health’s Local Public Health Unit confirmed on Wednesday that Indigo Shire had three active cases. A spokesperson from the health unit advised that two are linked to known cases and at the time of Wednesday’s advice, interviews had...

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03 Dec 2021
Restrictions eased ahead of 90 per cent goal
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Restrictions eased ahead of 90 per cent goal

RESTRICTIONS for the state’s fully vaccinated population largely dissipated overnight, as Victoria continued to inch towards the 90 per cent threshold for those aged 12 and over. From 11:59pm yesterday, limits for visitors to homes and venues such as...

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19 Nov 2021
COVID–19 drive through testing clinic opened
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COVID–19 drive through testing clinic opened

LOCAL resident Bec Beatson was the first person to get tested at the drive through COVID–19 testing clinic opened by Beechworth Health Service (BHS) on Wednesday. BHS COVID screen clinical lead Liz Ibrom said the clinic, which runs on Wednesdays...

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19 Nov 2021
Restrictions eased ahead of 90 per cent goal
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Restrictions eased ahead of 90 per cent goal

RESTRICTIONS for the state’s fully vaccinated population largely dissipated overnight, as Victoria continued to inch towards the 90 per cent threshold for those aged 12 and over. From 11:59pm yesterday, limits for visitors to homes and venues such as...

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19 Nov 2021
COVID–19 drive through testing clinic opened
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COVID–19 drive through testing clinic opened

LOCAL resident Bec Beatson was the first person to get tested at the drive through COVID–19 testing clinic opened by Beechworth Health Service (BHS) on Wednesday. BHS COVID screen clinical lead Liz Ibrom said the clinic, which runs on Wednesdays...

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19 Nov 2021
Indigo Shire leads vax race
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Indigo Shire leads vax race

VACCINATION rates in Indigo Shire have reached greater than 95 per cent for both first and second doses making it one of the highest vaccination rates in Victoria. Australian Government Heath published updated data on Monday this week for listed...

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12 Nov 2021
Beechworth Health Service manages worker COVID case
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Beechworth Health Service manages worker COVID case

ALBURY Wodonga Health (AWH) has been closely working with Beechworth Health (BHS) with contact tracing after a worker recently tested COVID positive bringing the total number of cases to four throughout Indigo Shire. Chief executive Mark Ashcroft...

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29 Oct 2021
Melbourne reunites with regional Victoria tonight
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Melbourne reunites with regional Victoria tonight

LOCKED down since June, Melbourne reunites with regional Victoria from 6pm tonight as part of further eased COVID–19 restrictions as the state hits its vaccination target of 80 per cent full vaccination rate of people 16 and over. The double dose...

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29 Oct 2021
Restrictions ease with double vax proof needed for designated venues
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Restrictions ease with double vax proof needed for designated venues

RESTRICTIONS further eased from 11.59pm last night as the state hit its 70 per cent double dose vaccination target for Victorians 16 years and over by late this week. Victoria’s ‘Roadmap to Deliver the National Plan’ has set Victoria on a path with...

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22 Oct 2021
Indigo well protected
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Indigo well protected

INDIGO Shire’s high vaccination rate comes at a time when the shire had one COVID–19 case recorded last week with rising COVID–19 cases on its doorstep as of yesterday morning in Wangaratta, Wodonga, Tawonga, Alpine and Albury. Australian...

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22 Oct 2021
Easing of some restrictions sooner than expected
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Easing of some restrictions sooner than expected

VICTORIA will begin easing some restrictions from 11.59pm this Thursday, as a reward for the state hitting its 70 per cent double dose vaccination target in the Roadmap nearly a week early. Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Sunday morning that the...

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17 Oct 2021
COVID–19 vax milestone celebrated
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COVID–19 vax milestone celebrated

BEECHWORTH Health Services celebrated a milestone last Thursday with 1500 jabs undertaken by community members. Staff cut a special cake baked to share with community members who rolled their sleeves up on the day that marked the occasion. The...

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08 Oct 2021
Indigo Shire COVID case cleared
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Indigo Shire COVID case cleared

A COVID–19 case identified in Indigo Shire that followed testing last Saturday with the case transferred to a Melbourne hospital for additional testing has been cleared. Following further extensive investigations the case has been confirmed as...

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01 Oct 2021
Indigo Shire vaccination rate high as health authorities advise positive covid case
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Indigo Shire vaccination rate high as health authorities advise positive covid case

AUSTRALIAN Government Heath data published on Monday stated COVID–19 vaccination rates for Indigo Shire had reached 89 per cent for first doses with the second dose at 57.7 per cent. The shire has one of the highest first dose vaccination rates...

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01 Oct 2021
Virus threat returns
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Virus threat returns

NSW health minister Brad Hazzard announced a seven day lockdown for Albury commencing 6pm last night, after three major exposure sites were identified in the region. Anyone who visited Reece Plumbing in Lavington or Summit Power in Albury between...

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17 Sep 2021
Country comfort
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Country comfort

RESTRICTIONS eased across regional Victoria from last night except for the greater area of Shepparton. The news came the day the state recorded 324 new COVID–19 infections. Announced by Premier Daniel Andrews on Wednesday, he said there were no...

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10 Sep 2021
State to enter five day lockdown
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State to enter five day lockdown

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12 Feb 2021