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How is RT-PCR used to diagnose COVID-19?
It’s fast, reliable and full of lines – but might look different to the PCR you learned about in school.
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 15 September, 2021
Inception – Byron Theatre’s first post-lockdown live event
Cancelled twice owing to the local lockdown, Three Lords’ Inception and AV...
Face masks
I was just wondering if anyone has the answer to this question:
If face masks have the ability to contain...
Vaccination by the mob for the mob at Tweed – No appointment needed
The local mob has come together to ensure that vaccination is available for any of the mob in the Northern Rivers who wants to get vaccinated.
COVID advantage squandered
Australia has indeed been ‘the lucky country’ in the COVID-19 pandemic until recently, yet ‘run mainly by second rate...
New COVID – casual contact location – BP Chinderah Southbound
NNSWLHD has been notified of a new casual contact venue visited by a confirmed case of COVID-19 who travelled between Sydney and Brisbane for work.
Putting our money where our mouth is for an Afghan family
The horror the people of Afghanistan are living through makes us ask ourselves what can we possibly do to help? The Ballina Region for Refugees offering the opportunity for anyone to support an Afghan family.
Stories about "storm water drain":
Man rescued from Murwillumbah drain
The man in his 40s was reportedly trying to avoid being hit by a car when he fell and was trapped for some time with his left leg stuck in the drain from the pelvis down.
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Queensland passes voluntary assisted dying laws
Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws in Queensland and is hoping that NSW Parliament resumes next month so that this issue can be addressed in NSW without further delay.
Byron Echo
Planning staff back Wilsons Creek DA, residents’ concerns downplayed
Paul Bibby - 0
Residents living near a proposed 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek say it will negatively impact a precious wildlife corridor on the site, exacerbate traffic safety problems on the surrounding roads, and damage the peaceful character of their quiet enclave.
Byron Echo
A moment of your life?
Six questions for Jehovah’s Witness doorknockers:
1. Are you aware that the 2016 Royal Commission into Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse investigated 1006 alleged...
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Local mum features in documentary about the impacts and possible solutions around suicide
Eve Jeffery - 0
Murwillumbah mum Ursula has lived every parents worst nightmare – her child, at the age of just 17, took his own life – and a lot of time and energy, questions and conjecture and finger-pointing can rumble around this, but at the end of the day Ursula’s precious boy is gone and he’s not coming back.
