COVID-19

RATs funding for schools to continue

STUDENTS at schools and early childhood services can continue to access Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) as needed as the program will continue in term four. The State Government has distributed more than 100 million free RATs to schools this year, to...

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28 Sep 2022

COVID-19

Changes to pandemic orders

THE Victorian Government has made what it says are “modest and sensible” changes to pandemic orders from 11.59pm last Friday, June 24 to allow Victorians to live safely with COVID–19 while reducing transmission and hospitalisations. Minister for...

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29 Jun 2022

Breaking News COVID-19

Changes to pandemic orders

THE Victorian Government will make what it says are “modest and sensible” changes to pandemic orders from 11.59pm this Friday, June 24 to allow Victorians to live safely with COVID–19 while reducing transmission and hospitalisations. Minister for...

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18 Jun 2022

Breaking News COVID-19

Changes to pandemic orders

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18 Jun 2022

Mansfield Courier COVID-19

Code brown stress bypasses Mansfield

MANSFIELD District Hospital (MDH) has avoided much of the stress felt across metropolitan Melbourne and larger regional hospitals following the recent announcement of a code brown. A statewide emergency code brown was called at Victorian public...

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16 Feb 2022

COVID-19

Lasting effect of lockdowns on Victorians

A MAJOR new study looking at the impact of last year’s COVID–19 outbreaks on the mental health of Australian families shows Victorian parents and children experienced a significant peak in symptoms during that state’s extended lockdown, compared...

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19 Jan 2022

COVID-19

New pandemic declaration to support Omnicron response

PREMIER Daniel Andrews has extended the pandemic declaration to apply to the state of Victoria from 11.59pm Wednesday, January 12 for three months. The declaration was announced Sunday afternoon and made under section 165AE of the Public Health and...

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09 Jan 2022

COVID-19

The booster set to bolster

BOOSTER vaccinations are now available at the Mansfield Vaccination Clinic on a walk–in basis to anyone who has had their second vaccination at least six months ago. Mansfield District Hospital said that receiving a booster has demonstrated an...

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10 Nov 2021

Mansfield Courier COVID-19

From lock downs to stand downs

WHILE the recent earthquake didn’t cause many visible fractures in Mansfield, the recent government vaccination mandate has certainly shaken and stirred the community. After two years of lock downs, re–opening with restrictions and stringent...

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27 Oct 2021

COVID-19

The booster set to bolster

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10 Nov 2021

Mansfield Courier COVID-19

From lock downs to stand downs

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27 Oct 2021

COVID-19

Show us your certificate

MANSFIELD residents will have to prove their vaccination status under Victoria’s re–emerging ‘vaccinated economy’.Double–jabbed locals can get their hands on a digital certificate to use as proof through their myGov accounts after linking it...

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27 Oct 2021

COVID-19

Jab options open up for over 60s

ALL residents in the Mansfield Shire aged 12 and over are now eligible to receive an mRNA COVID–19 vaccine. The decision by the government to open up mRNA vaccines to the 60 and over age group will give Aussies more options and encouragement to...

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20 Oct 2021

Breaking News COVID-19

Easing of some restrictions sooner than expected

VICTORIA will begin easing some restrictions from 11.59pm this Thursday, as a reward for the state hitting its 70 per cent double dose vaccination target in the Roadmap nearly a week early. Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Sunday morning that the...

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17 Oct 2021

COVID-19

North East hospitals brace

AS the state hurtles towards re–opening in line with the National Plan, Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines, has called on more federal support for regional hospitals already feeling the crunch. Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) acting chief...

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13 Oct 2021

COVID-19

Exposure sites lead to testing blitz

A RECENT visitor to Mansfield last week tested positive for COVID–19. The news swept the town last Wednesday morning around the same time a sizeable earthquake had residents scampering out of buildings and holding their nearest and dearest close...

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29 Sep 2021

COVID-19

The heart of our local fight against COVID–19

THROUGHOUT the COVID–19 pandemic there’s been an understandable but sometimes overwhelming focus on the facts and figures. Case numbers, vaccine types, eligibility, percentages; the list goes on. But at the heart of our local fight against this...

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29 Sep 2021

COVID-19

Jabba parks in for vaccs jabs

GOULBURN Valley (GV) Health in conjunction with Gateway Health held a vaccination clinic in Mansfield last Thursday – all run out of Jabba the Bus. Rolling into the carpark of St Mary’s Hall in Hunter Street, the aim of Jabba is to provide access...

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29 Sep 2021

COVID-19

MSC students roll up their sleeves

MANSFIELD Secondary College final year students are in the final countdown with VCE assessment beginning on Tuesday, October 5 followed by the external exam period starting on October 27. The culmination of their schooling year has been underscored...

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15 Sep 2021

COVID-19

40% of Victorians infected with COVID under age of 20

A QUARTER of the 80 new Victorian COVID cases late last week were associated with the Shepparton cluster, bringing that outbreak’s total to 67. None of the cluster’s 20 new cases were in full quarantine although some were identified as primary close...

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01 Sep 2021

Breaking News

State to enter five day lockdown

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12 Feb 2021

COVID-19

Churches unite this Christmas to help those hit hard by COVID-19

LOCAL people are being encouraged to participate in one of the longest-standing Christmas appeals in Australia - the Christmas Bowl - now in its 71st year, this time to help those dealing with the devastating impact of COVID-19. Although Christmas...

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22 Dec 2020

Alpine

COVID creeps into Mansfield

LIKE the rest of Victoria, Mansfield has been hit hard with COVID problems over the last fortnight, with the shire picking up five new cases, four of which are active as of print.

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04 Aug 2020

Breaking News

Coronavirus case at Mt Buller

A WORKER on Mt Buller has tested positive to the COVID-19 virus. Mt Buller and Mt Stirling Resort Management Board said they became aware that a staff member in its outdoor team had tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) yesterday. Resort...

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27 Jul 2020

Breaking News

New COVID-19 case in Mansfield

MANSFIELD recorded its fourth COVID-19 case this week.

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22 Jul 2020

COVID-19

Buller to soldier on

THOUGH access to the Mt Buller village currently remains open, the upcoming snow season remains in doubt due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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01 Apr 2020

Breaking News

Coronavirus case confirmed in Mansfield

IT has been confirmed today that a person from Mansfield Shire has tested positive to COVID-19. The case is one of 54 new cases confirmed in Victoria over the last 24 hours. The only other shire in the North East to have cases confirmed is Moira, by...

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27 Mar 2020