COVID cases climb to 39
The number of COVID-19 cases on the Central Coast has risen to 39 since the current lockdown began on June 26, as Labor MPs call for the extension of the…
Coronavirus Central Coast Updates
Central Coast redefined as regional – Deputy Premier
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Central Coast has finally been removed from the Greater Sydney lockdown classification today. The Deputy Premier John Barilaro says that when the time does come to lift…
Filling the cash gap crisis
Small and micro-business owners are buckling as lockdown drags on but crisis payments promised by the State Government to fill the gap are either unattainable or not getting through. Financial…
Holiday trips will no longer be tolerated
Sydneysiders coming to the Central Coast will need a permit under a new separate Public Health Order to come into effect on Saturday, August 21. Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast,…
Sydneysiders must apply to travel to Central Coast from Saturday
A new permit system will be introduced by the NSW Government, requiring people to receive approval before travelling from Sydney to the Central Coast for particular reasons. Parliamentary Secretary for…
Premier and her deputy talk to CCN
Coast Community News interviewed the Premier and Deputy Premier this afternoon about a mass vaccination hub for the region. Gladys Berejiklian could not confirm if the region would get one…
Monday COVID update
August 16, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms an additional two local residents have tested positive to COVID-19. Both cases are household contacts of previously identified cases and are…
Labor MPs call for clarity on students’ return to school
Central Coast Labor MPs are calling on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to clarify the health advice guiding the Government’s plan to get students back to school. The Premier has not yet…
Teachers to mark performance and oral exams
To limit the movement of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) performance and language oral markers between schools within or outside Greater Sydney the NESA COVID-19 Response Committee has provided COVID…
Sunday’s announcement; 2 new cases and new exposure sites
Sunday August 15, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms an additional two local residents have tested positive to COVID-19. Both cases are household contacts of previously identified cases and…
5 new cases and 2 exposure sites at Woy Woy announced
Saturday August 14, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms an additional five local residents have tested positive to COVID-19. The first case is linked to a previously notified case…
COVID rules tighten; fines, regional permits, exercise & second homes.
Saturday August 14, 2021: Increased fines of up to $5,000 for COVID breaches, $320 COVID-19 Test and IsolateSupport Payments, permits to enter regional NSW and a heightened police presence willbe…
A message from the small business coalface – little or no relief available
While our politicians claim relief and compensation is easily and readily available to any who are in hardship due to the protracted and possibly now indefinite COVID-19 lockdown, many workers,…
Fresh exposure sites revealed
August 13, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District is advising the community of new exposure sites on the Central Coast. Anyone who attended the following venues on the dates and…
More COVID in sewage
Thursday August 12, 2021: NSW’s sewage surveillance program has detected rising levels of the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Charmhaven Sewage Treatment Plant. The latest sample was taken on…
Total COVID cases on the Coast rise to 25
Friday August 13, 2021: Five more COVID-19 cases have been reported on the Central Coast this week, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 25 since the…
Rapid jab clinic this weekend but no Pfizer
It’d be fair to say that some locals are experiencing difficulties in trying to access a COVID-19 vaccine on the Coast … but just where can you get the jab?…
Police to focus on mask rules
NSW Police will continue to reinforce the importance of complying with the requirements of the Public Health Order, with a focus on abiding by mask wearing rules. Rules for wearing…
Two new local cases and five new exposure sites
Wednesday August 11, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District confirms an additional two local residents have tested positive to COVID-19. There is no known link between these two cases, who…
Gosford hospital emergency foyer named an expose site
Gosford Hospital’s Emergency Department entry doors and foyer area has been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site. Though CCLHD says this alert does not affect the hospital generally, only the…