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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Ambulances are the safest way to be assessed, treated and transported to the right hospital for the care you need.

Triple zero (000) is a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For less severe but still urgent situations, go to an Emergency Department.

There are 12 public hospital Emergency Departments in Northern NSW Local Health District and they are all available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency departments are located at:

COVID-19 Update: Additional timeslot associated with Ballina BP Travel Centre
Published: 24 Aug 2021

There are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in residents of Northern NSW Local Health District.

Contact tracing investigations have resulted in additional information for the contact location - BP Travel Centre, West Ballina, on Friday 20 August.

Anyone who attended this location at the times specified is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

Site
Address
Suburb
Date
Time

BP Travel Centre
41 Bruxner Highway
West Ballina
Friday 20 August
5.00am - 5.35am

and

8.00am - 8.30am

 

If you are directed to get tested for COVID‑19 or self-isolate at any time, you must follow the rules, whether or not the venue or exposure setting is listed on the NSW Health website.

 To find your nearest testing clinic, visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/clinics or contact your GP.

Sewage testing

Further sewage samples taken from the Ballina treatment plant on 19 August and Byron Bay treatment plant on Saturday 21 August have not detected any fragments.

There have not been any further detections among the 17 sites currently being tested between Grafton and Tweed Heads as part of the NSW COVID-19 sewage surveillance program across the state.

Samples are usually collected weekly and more frequently if there is a positive detection.

Sewage surveillance can provide an important early-warning sign of potential COVID-19 infections.

We treat positive wastewater detections seriously as they could indicate there are positive cases in the community who have not been tested. Detections can also be due to shedding of the virus by someone who may have previously had the illness and may no longer be infectious, or from someone who has since left the area.