With the community in lockdown, Lismore City Council says it is important for to get tested for COVID-19, even if you only have the mildest of symptoms.
To help make it easier for residents in the local area, a new testing clinic has been set up today at the Goonellabah Sports and Aquatic Centre (GSAC) and will operate through this weekend.
The clinic will operate tomorrow, Saturday, 17 September and Sunday, 18 September from 8am to 3pm.
The test is safe, free and you do not need a Medicare card.
Entry is via Oliver Avenue and the exit will be on to Simeoni Drive.
Anyone with even the mildest of symptoms of cold and flu is urged to get tested and self-isolate until a negative test result is received.
It is advised to please wear your masks until you are told to remove for testing purposes.
Other local testing sites
• Lismore Base Hospital – Uralba Street, Lismore, open seven days. Appointments not required
• Lismore Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology – 62 Wyrallah Road, Shop 12, Wyrallah Road Shopping Centre, Lismore. Open Monday – Saturday, appointments not required
• Lismore 4Cyte Pathology Drive-through Clinic – 47-49 Dawson Street, Lismore. Open Monday to Friday, appointments not required
• Southern Cross University Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Drive-through Clinic, Military Road, Southern Cross University, East Lismore. Open Tuesday to Friday, appointments not required.
For further information on the lockdown, testing clinics and latest exposure sites go to https://nnswlhd.health.nsw.
Recent stories, information and updates regarding COVID-19
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Life shows life expectancy in Australia has decreased slightly for the second year in a row. An international team of researchers has found more evidence that COVID-19 came from animals in a Wuhan food market. The lab-leak theory that Covid-19 came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology – instead of a nearby wet market – was thrashed about in public recently, with the US Senate Homeland Security Committee holding a hearing into Covid-19. Eighteen schools in the Northern Rivers division of Richmond have received $25,000 each as part of the federal government’s School Upgrade Fund, Labor Member for Richmond Justine Elliot said last week. COVID-19 reversed earlier trends toward longer life expectancies. During the pandemic, life expectancies globally dropped by 1.6 years according to a new study published in the Lancet medical journal. Let’s not forget that Covid-19 is still a big issue in our community with 31,935 cases reported across Australia in the last week – an average of 4,562 cases per day. The Global Carbon Budget is about to be refreshed, giving the world a critical insight into how efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are (or are not) progressing. Masks will no longer be mandatory on public transport from tomorrow, Wednesday 21 September. SW Police are urging festival-goers at this weekend’s music festival to celebrate in a safe and responsible manner, whilst also being aware of COVID-Safety measures. The Northern NSW Local Health District reports that to 4pm yesterday, Sunday May 22, there were 40 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one of these in ICU.
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