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May 16, 2024 · COVID-19 update – 16 May 2024. COVID-19 has increased to moderate levels. Read the latest data from NSW Health. Continue to protect other people. Please stay home if you have any cold or flu symptoms. Wear a mask if you need to leave home. Learn how to keep yourself and others COVID-safe.
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- Changes to The Covid-19 Roadmap
- Supporting Children Through Vaccinations
- Reflecting on South Western Sydney Covid-19 Response
- Helpful Guide to Rapid Antigen Testing
- Heartfelt Healthcare at South East Sydney LHD
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The NSW Government has updated the roadmap for easing restrictions after the State reaches the 95 per cent double dose vaccination target or 15 December, whichever comes first. Adjustments to previous settings scheduled for this milestone include: 1. Masks will only be required on public transport and planes, at airports, and for indoors front-of-h...
For children with anxiety, needle-phobia or behavioural issues, vaccination can be a distressing and challenging process - for everyone involved. So how do you help your child sit still long enough to have one, and how do you help alleviate their fears? With COVID vaccination available to kids 12 years and over, never have these questions been more...
Fantastic team work is the foundation of the South Western Sydney Local Health District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), described as the 'engine room' of the areas COVID-19 response. In a new videoproduced by the LHD, key staff reflect on the crucial role of the EOC, including care, vaccination and testing. The District's COVID-19 Incident Contr...
As a health worker, you have likely had family and friends asking when and how they should be using rapid antigen tests. Rapid antigen tests are quick and easy and allow NSW Health to help find COVID-19 in people who do not have symptoms. They are effective but the standard PCR (nose and throat swab) test remains the most accurate way to diagnose C...
At the peak of the pandemic when no visitors could come to our hospitals, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District's social work teams led a beautiful program to keep patients connected with their loved ones. The Holding Hearts initiative involved giving donated knitted and crocheted hearts to patients and their loved ones; the patient kept hold ...
There are two Keeping safe in the workplace during COVID-19documents available this week. Both documents are reminding health workers to stay safe while working in personal protective equipment (PPE): 1. Focus is on keeping safe while working in PPE and highlighting the importance of fit checking every time you don (put on) a respirator or P2/N95 m...
Our regional and metropolitan nursing staff have been rewarded for their commitment to providing high quality patient care. The Humpty Dumpty Foundation announced the winners of the Michelle Beets Award for inspirational paediatric care. The awards honour the memory of Michelle Beets, a devoted and highly respected nurse who worked at Royal North S...
The recently launched NSW Health Strategy for Preventing and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence 2021-2026will provide strategic direction and guide practical action for NSW Health to strengthen our role in preventing and responding to domestic and family violence. The effects of domestic and family violence on physical and mental health mea...
May 16, 2024 · COVID-19. Testing and what to do if you have COVID-19. How to get a test if you think you might have COVID-19, and what to do if you test positive. COVID-19 update – 9 May 2024. COVID 19 community transmission across NSW remains low. Read the latest data from NSW Health. Continue to protect other people.
Oct 20, 2023 · Changes to COVID-19 reporting. From 20 October 2023, weekly COVID numbers will no longer be published here. The best measures of COVID-19 in the community are: admissions to hospital. sewage testing. Detailed information is available in the weekly NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report.
