NSW Health is urging the community to stay vigilant and take precautions against mosquito bites after a seventh NSW resident has been confirmed to have Japanese encephalitis (JE). The confirmed case is a woman aged in her 40s from the Berrigan area in the Riverina region. She was treated in hospital before being discharged and is […]
NSW hospitals continued to deliver exceptional care in a timely manner despite the significant challenges of COVID-19 continuing in the October to December 2021 quarter, according to the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report. It was another busy period for NSW Health services, as it followed the peak of the Delta outbreak and […]
NSW Health advises that about 10,000 positive rapid antigen tests (RATs) registered with Service NSW by people between Sunday 13 March and Monday 14 March are included in today’s numbers following a data processing issue. These positive RATs from Sunday and Monday artificially inflate the cases being reported today for the 24 hours to 4pm […]
Across NSW, more than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.5 per cent have received two doses to Monday 14 March 2022. Of children aged 12 to 15, 83.5 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 79.1 per […]
A guide to how parents and carers can help young people communicate safely online about suicide is now available in Punjabi. The #chatsafe for parents and carers guide recognises that many young people will discuss suicide and self-harm online, and that their carers may worry about this. So the guide aims to give carers confidence to talk about these […]