General news
As promised, the second part of the two-part series
Part 2 – Its generally complicated – what you need to know about all of those ‘little pricks’ There are many vaccines and keeping track of them all is difficult. This week’s article described the main ways in which germs make people sick and how the vaccines to protect us from them are made, and…
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Introduction Associate Professor Priscilla Robinson is a semi-retired public health epidemiologist who has lived in Foster for many years. When she is not teaching public health and epidemiology, she occupies some of her time by serving on the South Gippsland Hospital Board. This is a two-part series to help Mirror readers and Facebook and webpage…
Read MoreRespiratory Clinic update
Our respiratory clinic is now running in the morning only. Please continue to socially distance, wear a mask, and get tested if you develop symptoms of COVID-19.
Read MoreRestrictions continue – Respiratory Clinic still operating
Foster and Toora Medical Centres As Father’s Days go, this one wasn’t one filled with good news on the COVID front. It wasn’t a great surprise that the government extended lockdown measures, as the numbers had yet to be consistently low enough on their modelling to free us up a lot so we were somewhat…
Read MoreWe have to stick to the plan
“Victoria’s path out of coronavirus lockdown involves us sticking to the plan – even if it isn’t perfect” – Dr Aaron Bloch Please have a read of the informative ABC news opinion article here.
Read More2020 COVID news posts from the archive
Who would have predicted last year that we would all be wearing facemasks and becoming immune to pictures of empty Melbourne city streets under an 8pm curfew, patrolled by police and soldiers? There is little doubt that we are in for a long and painful haul back to a new normality. The numbers remain high…
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