{"id":8950,"date":"2020-07-24T15:12:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T01:39:38","slug":"covid-19-testing-information-for-beechworth-and-surrounding-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/covid-19-testing-information-for-beechworth-and-surrounding-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 testing information for Beechworth and surrounding communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>To keep our community safe, you should get tested for COVID-19 if you have these symptoms, however mild:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fever<\/li>\n<li>Chills or sweats<\/li>\n<li>Cough \/ sore throat<\/li>\n<li>Shortness of breath<\/li>\n<li>Runny nose<\/li>\n<li>Loss of sense of smell\u00a0or taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Where to get tested?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You should seek testing from your General Practitioner (GP)<\/li>\n<li>Anyone seeking testing needs to have an appointment &#8211; call ahead and follow the instructions about presenting for a test<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you are unable to get tested at your GP<\/strong>, find your nearest testing site by calling <strong>the 24-hour coronavirus hotline\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"tel:1800675398\">1800 675 398<\/a><strong> or visit: <\/strong>gov.au\/CORONAVIRUS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What does a test cost?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The test is free for anyone with symptoms that meets the criteria for COVID-19 testing<\/li>\n<li>Bring at least one\u00a0form of identification e.g. Medicare card, driver\u2019s licence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Why is it important to get tested for COVID-19?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Testing helps find and isolate cases quickly and allows contact tracing to commence<\/li>\n<li>Collecting as much information about COVID-19 as we can helps reduce the spread of the virus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What does a test involve?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The test involves a swab from the back of your throat and nose<\/li>\n<li>The test takes around a minute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What happens after the test?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You must return home immediately after the test and remain in self-isolation until you receive a negative test result and until your symptoms have resolved<\/li>\n<li>If you need assistance while you are in self-isolation please call the Indigo Shire Council Pandemic Coordination team on 1300 365 003 who can connect you to local services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Community Videos<\/h2>\n<p>We developed a series of videos to help understand COVID-19 testing within our community.<\/p>\n<h4>Beechworth Community<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FiB64K8KthA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Beechworth Health Service<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xx87EU-u7UA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Beechworth Secondary College<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wX_U3UWnCGo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Beechworth Skate Park<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5SRUt-9Zo8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To keep our community safe, you should get tested for COVID-19 if you have these symptoms, however mild: Fever Chills or sweats Cough \/ sore throat Shortness of breath Runny nose Loss of sense of smell\u00a0or taste Where to get tested? You should seek testing from your General Practitioner (GP) Anyone seeking testing needs to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8950"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9253,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8950\/revisions\/9253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beechworthhealthservice.com.au\/bhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}