Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) over the weekend, taking the total number of reported positive cases in the region to 54.
Located in Wagga Wagga City Local Government Area the four cases are from one household, including two women, a man and a child.
The family has recently returned from Victoria and has been in self-solation. The MLHD Public Health Unit has completed contact tracing. The family will be cared for in hospital in the home using monitoring devices, and will be supported by the paediatric team.
An additional pop up testing clinic is currently being established in Wagga Wagga and will be open soon. We recommend that people in the community wear masks in situations where they are unable to physically distance from others. Masks should also be worn in NSW by public-facing employees such as hospitality or supermarket workers, worshippers and residents of suburbs near COVID-19 clusters.
MLHD encourages anyone with even the mildest symptoms such as sore throat, cough, headache, fever and shortness of breath to be tested. Tests undertaken at any of the MLHD’s testing clinics are FREE and completely confidential. You can be tested at any of the following hospital clinic sites: Deniliquin, Cootamundra, Griffith, Leeton, Tumut or Wagga Wagga.
Call the Murrumbidgee COVID19 Hotline on 1800 831 099 to book an appointment. Commonwealth funded GP-Led Respiratory Clinics have been set up in Gundagai, Young, Griffith, Tumut, Wagga Wagga and Deniliquin. Bookings can be made by calling Health Direct on 1800 022 222 or book online at www.hotdoc.com.au In addition, some General Practitioners (GPs) provide access to COVID-19 testing in their practice. You should call and enquire before making an appointment if you think you may need to be tested.
People are required to self-isolate until they receive their test result, this usually takes around 30 hours and can be received via text message. Testing is critical to help minimise the risk of community to community transmission and to stop the spread. For the full list of testing locations in NSW visit the NSW Health website at: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/recent-case-updates.aspx
