“COVID-19 Delta has arrived in the Eurobodalla. This variant is more infectious and as a community we are tiring of restrictions.” warns our practice partner GP, Dr Neil Starmer.
Dr Starmer stresses “The only way out of this mess is to vaccinate. The risk to you from the vaccine is less than the risk to you from COVID-19.“
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Our practices are essential services and will remain open, and our vaccination clinics will continue to operate.
Consider having telehealth or video appointment – this can be a wise alternative to attending in person during a lockdown.
Please remember – you must not enter our practices if you have, or have recently had, in the previous 14 days, any ANY respiratory symptoms – however mild.
If you have been to a COVID-19 hot spot including the ACT since 5 Aug, please do not enter our practices. Call us for advice.
Visit: ACT COVID-19 UPDATES | NSW COVID-19 UPDATES
Failing to inform our reception staff about your symptoms and/or your travel to or from a hot spot, places all in our practices at high risk and could force the shutdown of all our health care services so essential to our community.
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For the latest COVID-19 close contact locations please visit the NSW Health site.
If you are a CLOSE CONTACT or HAVE VISITED any of the NSW locations during the time and date indicated it is essential to follow the NSW Health advice – click on read more below.
At our Queen Street Medical practices at Moruya and Broulee, we continue to implement strict entry and infection protocols. If you have visited any of the locations listed or recently been to Victoria please phone us for advice – do not enter our Moruya or Broulee practices.
See the links on this page to book your COVID vaccination at our practice online or use the government eligibility checker to find other vaccination locations.
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Finally, our first COVID vaccine supplies arrived on Wednesday the 14 April. 50 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to the Moruya surgery, and 50 to Broulee. We have a COVID vaccination clinic today, Monday 19 April in Broulee and Tuesday 20 April in Moruya. This will exhaust our current allocation and we are not sure when the next delivery will come. Please continue to look online for COVID vaccine clinic availability.
Please don’t despair. The government planning of the vaccine rollout has been a bit of a shambles and recent reports of side effects have further complicated matters. We are digesting all the latest vaccine supply and clinical information as it comes to hand and when we do have adequate stocks of the vaccine our GPs will be able to answer your questions before your vaccination. That is our job.
At the moment there is no urgency, we are very fortunate. In the meantime, we are well underway with our flu vaccination effort, so if you have not had flu vaccine yet please make an appointment. The flu vaccine needs to be given at least two weeks away from a COVID vaccine.
Please keep looking at our website for updates. Bookings for flu and COVID vaccine clinics and regular appointments are best made online please. Our Reception team are answering over 500 calls per day – so please do not call – I hope this message answers your COVID vax questions and we can let our receptionists get on with the usual general practice business. Dr Neil Starmer – Partner GP
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