From 11.59pm Thursday 21 October, non-household primary close contacts (PCCs) who are fully vaccinated will only need to quarantine for 7 days. This change will also apply to industry, where all workplace PCCs will be required to isolate for 7 days if they are fully vaccinated. Household and unvaccinated PCCs will still be required to…
Have you heard that a positive COVID case attended a venue you frequent? Can’t find information relating to this incident? Wondering why the business is not being publicly listed as an exposure site? This might help…. Exposure sites are generally identified through contact tracing, where the person provides a detailed history of their contacts and…
The October Issue of “The Thomson Times and Tall Timber Tales” is now available from the Erica and Rawson General Stores, the Rawson Community Health Centre, the Walhalla Post Office and the Historical Society rooms on Wednesdays. Cost is $2, or see details of how to subscribe in this month’s issue. Content in this issue…
Although Latrobe City’s Vaccination uptake is well over the national targets with more than 85 per cent of residents receiving their first COVID-19 shots and 55 per cent having their second dose, the area is still lagging behind all other Gippsland municipalities, most of which are hovering over the 90 per cent first dose vaccination…
Last Friday, ten Erica/Rawson district residents caught the free bus arranged by Baw Baw Shire and enjoyed a stress-free excursion to Sale. A quick retail therapy stop at the Gippsland Centre was followed by a relaxed lakeside lunch. Viewing of the Archibald Portrait Prize Finalists at the only Victorian Venue was next – entry was…
***Updated Monday 18 October 2021*** Cases in Gippsland: Bass Coast 10 / Latrobe 158 / Baw Baw 199 / South Gippsland 13 / Wellington 11 / East Gippsland 4 Anyone who has visited a Tier 1 exposure site during the times listed must immediately isolate, get a COVID-19 test. If your result is positive, quarantine…
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews says the state’s lockdown will lift at 11:59pm on Thursday, when 70 per cent of eligible adults are expected to be fully vaccinated. Note that some changes are only permitted if fully vaccinated enforcement is applied. Here’s what we will be able to do: REGIONAL VICTORIA SETTINGS In regional Victoria, indoor…
Mt Erica Lions Club Hello everyone, We are having a joyful fund raising event before Christmas 2021 for our children by having letters written by Santa Claus and posted the old fashioned, snail mail way to each child between the ages of new born to antique teenagers and collectible period persons. There are a few…
1838 new cases from 73 501 tests. About 2.5 of every 100 people in that cohort could be infecting others. Protect yourself. And get tested if you have the slightest symptoms.
A close contact is – someone who has been identified by Department of Health contact tracers as having spent time with someone who has COVID-19. A Primary close contact is: – someone who has had face-to-face contact or spent time in a closed space with someone who has COVID-19 while they were infectious. – someone…
