Northern New South Wales Local Health District NNSWLHD are advising the public that there are two new venues of concern in Northern NSW, visited by confirmed cases of COVID-19.
These venues are the Kiosk Lennox Beach and No Bones Byron Bay.
Anyone who was at No Bones Byron Bay, 11 Fletcher Street on Tuesday, December 7 from 6pm to 9pm is classified as a close contact and must immediately isolate and follow the advice listed on the NSW Health website.
Anyone who visited Kiosk Lennox Beach, on Pacific Prade, on Tuesday December 7 or Wednesday, December 8 from 7am to 3pm either day, is classified as a casual contact and must get tested and self-isolate until you receive a negative test result, even if you are vaccinated or feel well.
COVID-19 testing clinics are available at:
- Byron Central Hospital, Ewingsdale Rd, open 9am-5pm, 7 days a week
- The Cavanbah Centre QML Pathology Drive-Through Clinic, open daily from 9am – 4pm
- Mullumbimby – QML Pathology, 60 Stuart Street, Mullumbimby. Open Saturday 11 December and Sunday 12 December 8am – 1pm. Please enter via rear carpark.
- Murwillumbah 4cyte Pathology Drive-Through, 250 Tweed Valley Way, Murwillumbah, open 7.30am-3.30pm, 7 days a week.
• Tweed Heads QML Pathology Drive-through Clinic, Tweed Heads Bowls Club, Corner of Wharf and Florence Street, Tweed Heads open Sunday 9am to 2pm and Monday to Friday 7.30am to 3pm
• The Tweed Hospital Clinic, Solander Street, Tweed Heads, open 9am to 5pm 7 days per week
• South Tweed Heads 4Cyte Pathology Drive-through and Walk-in Clinic 157-161 Minjungbal Drive (Corner of Minjungbal Drive and Rivendell Drive), South Tweed Heads open 8am to 4pm 7 days per week
• Banora Point Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Drive-through Clinic Twin Towns Club Banora rear car park, Leisure Drive, Banora Point, NSW, 2486 Proceed to the rear car park, open 9am to 2pm 7 days per week
- • Ballina 4Cyte Pathology Ballina Drive-through Clinic, 319 River Street, Ballina
Open Saturday and Sunday 8am – 2pm and Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.
- • Lismore 4Cyte Pathology Drive-through Clinic, 47-49 Dawson Street, Lismore, open Sunday 8am to 2pm and Monday to Friday 7am to 3pm
• Lismore Base Hospital Clinic, Uralba Street, Lismore, open Sunday 9.000am – 5pm and Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
There are more than 450 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW. Find a clinic on the NSW Government website or contact your GP.
Even if you are fully vaccinated you should get tested and isolate immediately if you have even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms – a slightly runny nose, a scratchy or sore throat or generally feeling under the weather.
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