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Coronavirus Health Alert

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If you have travelled to China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Italy Singapore or South Korea in the last 14 days or you have been with someone who has, and you have a fever >38 degrees, cough, sore throat or difficulty breathing please ring ahead of time to make an appointment letting staff and Doctors know of your travel history and symptoms.


Whooping cough vaccine-Adacel is available

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QLD Health funded whooping cough vaccine-Adacel is available now.
Pregnant women who have not received pertussis-containing vaccine in the last five years and in their third trimester, are eligible for this program.


Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak in West Africa

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15 August 2014

  • The largest EVD outbreak ever reported is continuing in West Africa, with cases reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.
  • In the unlikely event of a case travelling to Australia, the risk of infection to others remains low unless there is direct exposure to the body fluids or secretions of an infected person.
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