Category: Health and Well Being

The Victorian outbreak has reminded Queenslanders of the need to get vaccinated.

The current COVID outbreak in Melbourne is a wake-up call for Australia; until we have a high levels of vaccination coverage, Australia remains vulnerable to outbreaks, with lockdowns and border closures.

Wide vaccination coverage is the only way that Australia will be able to exit this cycle of lockdowns and border closures…

A dedicated motorhome fitted out with specialised equipment for vaccinating up to 150 people per day will be visiting the Douglas Shire from next week onwards.

Due to the perceived current low risk, and combined with our impossibly slow vaccine rollout, unfortunately many Australians have developed a “she’ll be right, mate” attitude towards COVID-19, and see no hurry to be vaccinated. This is unwise. 

BreastScreen Queensland Cairns Service is providing free breast screens in the Douglas Shire until early June. 

Queenslanders will be able to hold unlimited private gatherings outdoors as authorities ease a raft of restrictions tomorrow.

SICK KIDS: Local paediatric clinicians are seeing a massive spike in respiratory illness among Far Northern children.

The Palaszczuk Government’s new COVID-Safe Check-In app will be mandated for most hospitality businesses across Queensland from 1 May to assist with contact tracing efforts.

A new pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic is now open at Port Douglas Community Hall, Port Douglas.