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Applecross Village Medical Centre

Locality: Applecross

Phone: +61 8 9364 8966

Address: 4/795 Canning Highway 6153 Applecross

Website: http://applecrossmedicalcentre.com

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22.01.2022 This is our WA COVID-19 update for Wednesday 22 April 2020. It is important people are well informed on the virus, so as new information or advice becomes avail...able we will continue to share it. ---- - Current cases - With just over 1,000 additional tests completed since yesterday's update, there has been no new cases of COVID-19 reported. This is the second time this week there has been no new cases. The States total number of confirmed cases remained at 546. WA has 451 recovered cases, 52 are from the regions. This brings the total number of active cases in WA down to 88. To date 30,594 Western Australians have tested negative for COVID-19. Of those, 5,350 are in regional WA. ---- - Elective surgery to resume - From Tuesday 28 April 2020, public and private hospitals across our State can start to resume elective surgery, including: - IVF - Screening programs (cancer and other diseases) - Post cancer reconstruction procedures (such as breast reconstruction) - Procedures for children under 18 years of age. - Endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures - Joint replacements (including knees, hips, shoulders) - Cataracts and eye procedures Patients will be contacted directly by the relevant hospital. Patients are asked not to contact hospitals as they work through arrangements. Category 1 surgeries have been maintained throughout the COVID-19 response and will continue to proceed as normal. We are taking a cautious, deliberate and targeted approach to avoid undoing all the hard work and results were seeing in WA as we battle COVID-19 together. ---- - Testing - The testing criteria for COVID-19 has been expanded significantly at all COVID-19 clinics. Anyone in WA will now be assessed for a COVID-19 test if they present with ANY of the following: - a fever of 38C or above OR - a documented history of a fever in the last few days OR - an acute respiratory infection (eg. shortness of breath, cough, sore throat) If you have these symptoms, please get tested, and help us identify every case of COVID-19 in WA as early as possible. ---- - COVID clinics - Nine COVID clinics are now operational - all metropolitan area COVID clinics are operational between the hours of 8am-8pm, 7 days a week. The clinics now open are at: - Royal Perth Hospital (Ground Floor, Ainslie House, 48 Murray Street) - Fiona Stanley Hospital (Allied Health 2, Gymnasiums, East End, Bedbrook Row) - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (C Block, Hospital Avenue) - Armadale Health Service (Ground Floor, 3056 Albany Highway, Mount Nasura) - Rockingham General Hospital (Elanora Drive, Cooloongup) - Midland COVID Clinic: Front of St John of God Midland Hospital (access only via Yelverton Drive) - Joondalup COVID Clinic: Ground floor Joondalup Hospital (Car park P4, Regents Park Road - Enter via outside walkway between Specialist Medical West and Physiotherapy Department) - Bunbury Health Campus (Corner Bussell Highway and Robertson Drive, Bunbury) - open 10am-4pm - Broome Hospital (Robinson Street, Broome) - open 8:30am-4pm In other regional areas, people should go to a public hospital, health service or remote health clinic. Please call ahead if you are concerned that you have contracted COVID-19. Patients will be assessed and where appropriate tested, provided with appropriate information and referred for further medical treatment if necessary. Those individuals who are tested and well enough, will be asked to self-isolate while they await test results. Anyone who is confirmed to have COVID-19, who does not require hospitalisation will be required to stay in self-isolation as instructed by the public health team. It is also extremely important that people who are unwell and are concerned they have COVID-19 should immediately self-isolate and then seek further medical advice. ---- - Additional testing The first respiratory clinic in Western Australia has opened in Geraldton. Operating out of an existing GP-clinic the clinic will assess people who have mild to moderate symptoms and is part of the Federal Governments roll out of dedicated respiratory clinics being set up across Australia Patients with a GP referral can be tested at 11 private pathology collection centres across the metropolitan area. Clinipath, Western Diagnostics and Australian Clinical Labs have dedicated these collection centres for COVID-19 testing. The new services are in addition to our COVID Clinics operating at seven hospital sites across the metropolitan area and at the Bunbury Health Campus and Broome Hospital, as well as at emergency departments in regional and metropolitan WA. The expansion of the testing service means people will have more options, closer to where they live. This is a pre-emptive measure to ensure the availability of facilities and prompt diagnosis can occur as winter and the influenza season approaches. People in regional and remote areas can continue to present to more than 100 public hospitals, health services or remote area health clinics for testing. The collection centres are: Western Diagnostic Pathology - Duncraig, Myaree, Rockingham Australian Clinical Labs - Booragoon, Mandurah, Ocean Reef, Subiaco Clinipath - Cloverdale, Fremantle, Joondalup, West Leederville ---- - Closure of the WA border - Western Australia's borders are now closed to travel from interstate. An exempt traveller, who will be allowed into our State, must perform one of the following functions: - Health services - Emergency services - Transport, freight and logistics - Specialists skills, not available in WA, for industry or business continuity; - National or State security and governance; and - Courts and judicial services. There are also exemptions for FIFO workers and their families, however strict 14-day quarantine measures will need to be followed, when they first enter the State. Further exemptions will also apply on compassionate grounds. In addition, Western Australians who are already in quarantine for 14 days in the eastern states, will be allowed back to WA if they show no symptoms of COVID-19. They will need to return to WA within 24 hours of completing their period of quarantine, and then immediately self-quarantine for a further 14 days at their home. More information and a list of exemptions can be found at www.wa.gov.au/covid19 Additional, stricter directions apply to those coming to WA via the Kimberley, to protect people living in remote Aboriginal communities. Western Australians who are aware of someone breaching a requirement to self-isolate - please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or WA Police on 131 444. ---- - Restrictions on travel within Western Australia - Restrictions over travel between regions within Western Australia are now in effect. All non-essential travel within Western Australia must now stop. Unless you fit an exempt category, you will now not be able to leave whatever region of Western Australia you live in. To be clear, those regions are: the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid-West, Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and South West. Due to their proximity and interconnected nature, Perth and Peel will be treated as one region. The exempt categories include: travel for work purposes; to attend medical appointments; to transport freight; those who do not have access to groceries or supplies within their region; returning to a place of residence; where necessary to attend school or an educational institution; caring for family members; and approved compassionate grounds. Western Australians that are currently outside of their region and are able to return, should do so immediately. The construction and freight industries, in particular, will continue to operate despite these new measures. Check points and mobile police patrols will be in place to monitor travel across boundaries and ensure people are doing the right thing. If your need to travel fits one of the exempt categories, please assist police by preparing documentation, such as a letter/email/SMS from an employer, to support your legitimate travel. An additional restriction on intrastate travel applies for Esperance. Unless for essential purposes, no visits to Esperance will be permitted. ---- - Additional restrictions on travel for the Kimberley - Measures have been implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19 to the Kimberley region. Intra-regional boundaries, in line with the four local government areas (Shire of Broome, Derby West Kimberley, Wyndham East Kimberley, Halls creek) within the Kimberley region are now in place. People must stay in their local government area. The existing exemptions apply, such as provision of essential services or supplies, medical reasons or residents returning to their home. Residents who need to cross a regional boundary to return to their home, must self-isolate for 14 days. Kimberley residents are urged to stay home and cease all non-essential travel and activity. Indoor or outdoor activities of more than two people should be avoided, unless exempted. Anyone displaying symptoms should contact their local health facility immediately. ---- We are preparing and taking every precaution to protect Western Australia from COVID-19. The Western Australian health system and our hospitals are very well prepared to manage infectious disease situations and have well established systems and processes in place. The State Government is taking this very seriously and we need to be prepared for a pandemic. Every action we take and decision we make is to protect Western Australians. We have already taken action with a suite of measures to prepare the State for the possibility of a pandemic. It is important that we all continue to remain calm and use common sense. The best thing we can do to protect ourselves is quality personal hygiene and exercise social distancing by avoiding unnecessary personal contact. That includes covering coughs and sneezes, washing hands often with soap or sanitiser, staying home from work or school if unwell, avoiding shaking hands or hugging, and maintaining distance from others in public. Please also continue to follow the advice of authorities and doctors - anyone who is instructed to self-isolate must take the order seriously, stay home and not put others at risk. This means you dont leave your property, you dont go to work or school, you dont go on outings and you dont have visitors - only leave the house to seek medical attention. ---- Official information regarding COVID-19 in Western Australia - www.wa.gov.au/covid19 WA Department of Health information www.healthywa.wa.gov.au National Coronavirus Helpline 1800 020 080 WA COVID-19 health and information and advice - 13 COVID (13 26843) Smartraveller information regarding travel advice for Australians - www.smartraveller.gov.au

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04.01.2022 We don’t have a vaccination for COVID-19, but there is one for influenza. And in an Australian first, my Government is making it free for primary school aged s...tudents. This is about keeping the pressure off our hospitals this winter, so we’re calling on Western Australians to do the right thing and get their flu shot. Getting vaccinated helps protect yourself and others, particularly our most vulnerable, such as the elderly and immuno-compromised. There has been fantastic early uptake right across the community, and if you are worried about supply, I can tell you there is more on the way. So make an appointment and get you and your family the flu shot. I got mine today.