National COVID Update 20 Jan 2022

Because electrical infrastructure has been a major cause of bush fires in the past, more than 30 000km of high voltage power lines are being protected under a scheme to reduce future risk. The upgrades include the installation of safety switches that shut off power when lines contact vegetation. Nineteen of these devices prevented 33…

Erica and Rawson’s 1st Mountain Rivers Scot Group, with some great assistance from the Erica Caravan Park’s Bec and Trev, will be providing refreshments for participants in the 2021 Gippsland Motorcyclists Toy Run on 4 December. The group posted the following on facebook – Gippsland Motorcyclists Toy Run September 24 at 3:35 PM  ·  Erica Scouts are our Toy Run…

The Erica and District Historical Society Inc has formed a new editorial team to continue publication of the Thomson Times. Future issues will have a larger A4 page size and include Historical Society content. There will be six issues per year, with distribution of the next planned for mid May. Content from community members is…

From Vic Premier Dan Andrews: “You wouldn’t choose a freezer meal over a dinner out. And you wouldn’t opt for a zoom call with friends over a catch up in the beer garden. But when you choose not to get vaccinated, without an exemption, that’s exactly what you’ll be doing. We’re all hanging out for…

The Gippsland Regional Public Health Unit (GRPHU) have confirmed there is no new positive COVID-19 case in Latrobe City. The GRPHU was notified that a local person could have potentially been exposed to the virus. This initiated the COVID-19 response protocol and following further testing this morning, the person has returned a negative result. The…

Interesting numbers, but Vic reported 860 locally acquired cases for same period.