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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 Update: 30 September
Published: 30 Sep 2021

Three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in residents of the Northern NSW Local Health District to 8pm 29 September.

These cases, reported yesterday, are in the Kyogle area, and all are linked to the existing case in Kyogle.

Contact tracing and investigations are currently under way, and information about any new public exposure venues will be provided as soon as possible.

To 8pm 29 September, there have been seven locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 reported in the Northern NSW Local Health District since the current NSW outbreak began on 16 June 2021.

Sewage surveillance has detected fragments of the COVID-19 virus in samples taken from the Banora Point and Byron Bay sewage treatment plants on 28 September. This is the first detection in Banora Point, and the last previous detection in Byron Bay was on 16 September.

The Banora Point site serves around 48,000 people in the Tweed Heads, Tweed Heads South and West, Banora Point, Terranora and Bilambil Heights areas.

There have been confirmed cases active in the Tweed and Byron regions recently, and we continue to encourage residents and visitors to be vigilant for symptoms and get tested as soon as they feel unwell.

Symptoms of COVID-19 can include a runny nose, scratchy or sore throat, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, tiredness, loss of taste or smell, nausea, diarrhoea or muscle aches.

Stay-at-home orders have been announced for the Kyogle Local Government Area (LGAs), to be introduced from midnight tonight, Thursday 30 September, until 11 October due to an increased COVID-19 public health risk.

These stay-at-home orders will also apply to anyone who has been in the Kyogle LGA since 21 September.

Everyone in the Kyogle LGA must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason, which includes shopping for food, medical care, getting vaccinated, compassionate needs, exercise and work or tertiary education if you can’t work or study at home.

There are more than 500 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week. To find your nearest clinic visit COVID-19 testing clinics or contact your GP.

We encourage our community to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as they are able to. Find available bookings at the Commonwealth Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Finder, or you can also call Health Direct on 1800 57 11 55 for assistance to book.