by Tamara Double | Sep 14, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News
Ōhope Beach Medical Centre opened its drive-through vaccination centre on Thursday last week. It is the second Eastern Bay medical practice to do so after Whakatōhea Medical Centre began offering a drive-through vaccination services while in Alert level 4 lockdown....
by Tamara Double | Aug 30, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News
Childhood immunisations remain a priority during all COVID-19 Alert Levels and the Eastern Bay of Plenty Public Health Alliance (EBPHA) Outreach Immunisation Service (OIS) team are doing their best to ensure tamariki and pēpi don’t miss out. Many GPs have...
by Tamara Double | Aug 20, 2021 | News
With much sadness, we farewell Sir Michael Cullen, who died overnight in hospice care in Whakatāne. Sir Michael Cullen was appointed Chair to the Bay of Plenty District Health Board in 2019, and stepped down in March 2020, due to his battle with lung cancer....
by Tamara Double | Aug 20, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News
The Ōpōtiki (GP Led) Vaccination Centre opened Bay of Plenty’s first drive-thru vaccination centre at the Medical Hub today, Friday 20th August. Under alert level 4 vaccination centers around the country are trying to manage the extra restrictions and social...
by Tamara Double | Aug 18, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News
MOH guidelines for testing People should be tested who have symptoms that meet the clinical criteria for COVID-19 (detailed below). Where people meet the clinical criteria for COVID-19 and also meet the HIS criteria, extra steps (self-isolation and notification) are...
by Tamara Double | Aug 17, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News
Recap of current announcements New Zealand has one case of community transmitted COVID-19 in Auckland – this case has been treated as the Delta variant. As this is a more highly transmissible delta variant, a more stringent approach has been taken. The...