Jimmy Neyland rolled up his sleeve on Friday for a COVID vaccination with nurse Lisa Travis at the Cobar Health Service. Staff carried out 282 vaccinations at Friday’s clinic adding to the 151 vaccinations they administered to local residents last month. Health Service Manager Mary Urquhart reports a cross section of the community from 18 year olds, to mums and dads, and seniors (one of whom was 89) lined up last week for their AstraZeneca shots. The next opportunity for locals to get vaccinated will be next week at the Western NSW Local Health District/Australian Defence Force pop-up clinics at the Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre from Monday September 6 through to Wednesday September 8.
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Families reunited with end of lockdown
Families have been reunited and many Cobar residents are this week enjoying some long awaited freedom after Cobar was one of the lucky COVID free areas in regional NSW to come out of lockdown on Saturday. Parts of regional NSW which have seen zero COVID cases for at least 14 […]
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Local sport is set to return
With NSW hitting the 80 per cent vac-cination rate this week, it paves the way for community sport to recommence. As per the new rules around exercise and recreation, community sports are permitted in compliance with the Public Health Oder and gathering limits. Sport can be resumed for fully vaccinated […]