Update from the LEMC 26 August 2021
Published on 26 August 2021
26 August 2021
UPDATE FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Local Emergency Management Committee, comprising State agencies, NGOs, and Central Darling Shire Council meet daily to ensure services to COVID affected areas are coordinated and able to meet immediate needs.
The Committee is still urging people to get tested. People who are vaccinated but feeling the slightest symptoms are also being urged to get tested. If people have been tested and start to feel mild symptoms, they can be tested again.
Testing clinics are available in the Central Darling Shire Council area:
- Wilcannia - Wilcannia Oval, 9am to 4pm
- Ivanhoe - Sports Ground, 10am to 4pm
- Menindee - Menindee Oval, entrance through Perry Street, 10am to 4pm
- White Cliffs - White Cliffs Sporting Club, entry through Ethel Street 10am to 2pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.
The Wilcannia Vaccination Clinic will be operational for the remainder of the week between 10am and 3pm at the Wilcannia Town Hall. Times for next week will be provided in future updates.
The Australian Defence Force AUSMAT team is on the ground in Wilcannia assisting with welfare checks for residents who are in isolation. AUSMAT is also conducting home vaccinations. Far West Local Health District is conducting home testing for people under isolation orders.
Local stores are open for residents who are able to leave home in line with Stay at Home orders. These residents are reminded that only one person per household can leave home for essential shopping, and that masks are mandatory whenever they leave their home. It is also a government requirement to check in at all premises visited.
Food security is being addressed, with emergency hampers supplied to residents who are unable to shop due to isolation requirements.
Click and Collect arrangements are being organised through Broken Hill supermarkets for White Cliffs and Wilcannia. Further information on how they need to address their Click and Collect orders will be provided to communities accessing this service.
Central Darling Shire Council’s offices and outlets throughout the Shire are closed to the public. Essential services are being maintained; bins should be collected in Wilcannia today (Thursday). Residents are asked to leave their bins out until they can be collected. The Wilcannia Post Office will be supplying mail services under strict lockdown conditions from today (Thursday).