Hunter New England Health (HNEH) has advised the drive-through COVID-19 testing for the public will no longer be available at Manning Base Hospital from today Friday, October 29.
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With the increasing number of COVID positive cases in the community, staff from these testing clinics will be re-directed to assist with the frontline healthcare response, HNEH said.
Testing clinics are still available at Taree Showground, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, and the Respiratory Clinic.
HNEH said they remain committed to working with private partners to ensure vital testing services are widely available, and thanked them for their support.
A full list of testing clinics is available on the NSW Government website www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics
Great Lakes College Forster campus will be closed today, October 29 after a member of the school community tested positive for COVID-19.
All staff and students have been asked to self-isolate until they receive further advice.
NSW Health has requested anyone who has been unwell or if you develop any symptoms such as a fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss of smell/taste, muscle/joint pains, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting or extreme tiredness to be tested at one of the COVID-19 testing clinics.
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