Tag: vaccination

State ‘unrestricted’

COVID testing will continue as normal in the Limestone Coast, despite the easing of COVID restrictions. The removal of isolation requirements for people who have...

COVID vaccine eligibility extends

Thousands of at-risk South Australian children aged six months to under five years old are now eligible to receive their COVID vaccine under new...

COVID vaccine booster eligibility expanded

South Australians over the age of 30 are now eligible to receive their fourth (winter) dose of the COVID-19 vaccination under new guidelines that...

Health shift

SA Health will open a new smaller COVID vaccination clinic in Mount Gambier as mass vaccination clinics are starting to wind down operations in...

State Government to provide free flu shots

For the first time in South Australia’s history, the State Government will provide free flu shots to all South Australians in a significant move...

COVID puts Mount Gambier health workers out of action

Mount Gambier’s Ferrers Medical Clinic has been experiencing workforce shortages due to COVID-19 causing the practice to temporarily close on Sundays and public holidays. Ferrers...

COVID vaccine effects linger

AMount Gambier resident is speaking up after receiving adverse side effects following his first Pfizer shot. The resident, who does not wish to be named,...

Compulsory vaccination talks held

Numerous so-called “anti-vax” opinions were aired when Wattle Range Council debated the need for compulsory COVID vaccinations last week. The spirited debate lasted almost 30...

Silence speaks volumes

Limestone Coast residents protesting COVID-19 restrictions have taken to the streets in silence for the latest Limestone Coast World-Wide Freedom Rally. This gave local community...

Grant District secures pop-up vaccine sites

Grant District Council has been successful in an application for a COVID-19 community grant from Wellbeing SA in partnership with the Department for Health...

Boandik battens down

Mount Gambier aged care provider Boandik has reported two positive COVID cases, sparking changes to visitor limits. The facility posted a message on its social...

Pop-up student 
vaccinations call

Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas is calling for the Marshall Liberal Government to urgently open vaccination clinics in primary schools during the holidays, to ensure...

City residents rally for freedom

Mount Gambier residents have once again taken to the streets in their sixth Limestone Coast National Freedom Rally protesting COVID-19 restrictions. Participants started at Vansittart...

State unlocked to nation

South Australia’s borders swing open to the rest of the nation today, leaving many locals concerned about the imminent seeding of COVID-19 infections. Member for...

Aged care facility access restricted

Further COVID-related access restrictions will apply across South Australian aged care facilities from the eve of the festive season. The new State Government directions will...