- Vaccination rates among Western NSW's Indigenous population rising, but still below non-Indigenous rates
- Victorian government announces additional $4m to be allocated to Aboriginal-controlled health organisations
NSW
New South Wales recorded 1127 new cases of community transmission to 8pm last night. In addition, there were 8 overseas cases in hotel quarantine, and 1 interstate case from Victoria.
The Western NSW Local Health District recorded 14 new cases, however one of those has since been confirmed as a false-positive result, and so today’s total will be updated to 13 by tomorrow. There were 9 new cases in Dubbo, 2 in Wellington, 2 in Walgett, and the false positive which was recorded in Lightning Ridge.
Health District CEO Scott MacLachlan revealed that vaccination rates for the district’s Indigenous population currently sit at 56% having received their first dose, and 22% are fully vaccinated. This is lower than the region’s overall rate of 82% with their first dose, and 38% fully vaccinated.
Everyone’s encouraged to be on the lookout for opportunities to get vaccinated. That may be through your local AMS, your GP, local pharmacy or one of the ADF pop-up clinics in the region. A reminder, Dubbo AMS will be closed until next Monday September 20.
State Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders has also encouraged anyone experiencing symptoms to make use of the government’s newly-available test and isolate payment. Worth up to $320, it’s available to those who are isolating after a COVID test and have no access to leave entitlements or other support payments. This is to drive up testing numbers in the district that Scott MacLachlan described yesterday as having hit “rock bottom”.
For up-to-date information regarding COVID-19 vaccination clinic times and dates in the district, as well as locations for testing,
The Far West Local Health District recorded 5 new cases — 4 in Wilcannia and 1 in Broken Hill. Four of those are household contacts of known cases, and the remaining case is under investigation.
For updates regarding the Far West Local Health District,
Victoria
In Victoria there were 445 new locally acquired cases recorded overnight, bringing the state’s total to 3799. There were also two deaths, including a man in his 20s from Hume.
Deputy Premier James Merlino announced an additional $22 million in mental health funding across the state. Merlino specified that $4 million of that will be directly allocated to Aboriginal-controlled health organisations.
$13 million will be spent on 20 pop-up mental health clinics. 12 across metropolitan Melbourne, and 8 throughout regional Victoria.
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