Ambulance fees for seniors and pensioners.Assistance with travel costs to receive medical care.Telehealth – delivering virtual care closer to home.Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA. #Drive through covid testing for freeRapid antigen testing is available for free at pharmacies, but only to unvaccinated travellers using Air New Zealand flights or Interislander ferries.ĭon Street Pharmacy delivered 14 of these tests on Friday and pharmacy technician Dana Millane expected this week to be a busy one for rapid antigen testing in the lead up to Christmas. Hours for WellSouth's 0800 VIRUS19 call centre have been extended to 4pm at the weekends and staff are making outbound calls in the evening to help Māori and Pasifika access Covid-19 vaccinations. WellSouth opened a Covid-19 Community Testing Centre in Dunedin on December 6, while there are multiple seven-day testing centres in Queenstown. “It’s good news that we have high vaccination rates, but it remains really important for people to get tested. WellSouth director of nursing Wendy Findlay said as Kiwis began travelling around the country and in the region, it was a certainty that the Covid-19 virus would return to Southland and Otago. But it’s about making sure we can catch it in the right amount of time to minimise spread.”ĭon Street Pharmacy’s pharmacy technician Dana Millane with the rapid antigen test unvaccinated travellers require if they're travelling with Air New Zealand or Inter Islander. “People don’t want to be that person to bring the virus into the community. The site was opened to add extra testing and vaccination capacity, particularly at the weekends, supporting the sustainability of health care services in the city and surrounding area.ĭe Vries encouraged Southlanders to get tested if they were showing any possible symptoms of the virus. “We want to be able to respond to community need right there and then," De Vries said. However, the site’s long driveway and ample parking space meant even if there was a queue of cars, they would not interrupt traffic, De Vries said.Īpart from Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's and January 2, the centre would have at least one lane open for testing and another for vaccinations, every day, she said. “There are not many vacant spaces in Invercargill that are not in use.” The Newfield Tavern site happened to be the only place available for the centre, she said. * Invercargill coronavirus testing centre reopens, expecting to be 'relatively quiet'Īwarua Whānau Services general manager Amy de Vries said: “We want to do everything we can to reduce barriers, ensuring our communities can access testing, get the Covid vaccine, and help keep our whānau safe.” * Covid-19: Dr Jack urges Southlanders to mask up * A 'breath of new life' for healthcare in Murihiku * Covid-19: Testing centres coming for Invercargill and Dunedin by Christmas The testing centre, in the car park behind the Newfield Tavern, will be open every day from 11am to 5pm daily, offering no-appointment-needed drive-through testing, as well as drive-through vaccinations. Invercargill has its first seven-day, drive through Covid-19 testing and vaccination centre.Īwarua Whānau Services and WellSouth have partnered to make testing and vaccinations more accessible over the festive period. Healthcare assistant Manu Reiri-Paul, from Awarua Whānau Services, was among those manning the first shift at the new Invercargill drive-through Covid-19 testing centre on Monday.
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