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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Local shares her breast cancer journey
One local resident, who’s just been diagnosed with her fourth lot of breast cancer, is hoping that Cobar women will be proactive when it comes to their breast health care. Larissa Johnson, who’s just 33 and has recently been diagnosed for the fourth time with breast cancer, first found a […]
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Committee formed to restore graves of former Cobar Icons
Local resident Jill Weaving heads up a new committee which was formed on Sun-day to raise funds to restore the graves of a couple of well-known ‘local icons’. Jill told The Cobar Weekly the idea to form the committee came up in a social media chat regarding the lack of […]
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