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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Ambulances are the safest way to be assessed, treated and transported to the right hospital for the care you need.

Triple zero (000) is a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For less severe but still urgent situations, go to an Emergency Department.

There are 12 public hospital Emergency Departments in Northern NSW Local Health District and they are all available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency departments are located at:

COVID-19 case in Northern NSW
Published: 20 Sep 2021

One new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Northern NSW today, and will be
included in NSW Health’s official reporting tomorrow (21 September 2021).

Initial investigations indicate that this person has been infectious in the Byron, Ballina
and Tweed areas between 18 and 20 September.

The person is not a resident of the Northern NSW Local Health District but is isolating
and receiving care in the area.

The case travelled on Virgin Flight VA 1141 on 18 September, leaving Sydney at
7:30am and arriving in Ballina at 8:45am. All passengers and crew are being
contacted by NSW Health and will be required to get tested and self-isolate as
instructed.

Further contact tracing is currently under way, and we will provide updated
information as soon as it is available, including any exposure venues of public
concern.

To 8pm on 19 September there were no new confirmed cases among NNSWLHD
residents.

If you are directed to get tested for COVID-19 or self-isolate at any time, you
must follow the rules given to you by Health staff, whether or not the venue or exposure
setting is listed on the NSW Health website.

Please continue to check this page regularly, as the list of venues of concern and
relevant health advice are being updated as new cases emerge and investigations
continue.

Anyone with even the mildest of cold-like symptoms is urged to immediately come
forward for testing and isolate until a negative result is received.

You can find testing clinics and their opening hours on the NSW government website
at: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics or, you can also
contact your GP