Peninsula pool remains closed
SWIMMING – Gosford and Wyong outdoor Olympic Pools reopened on Monday, September 27, with COVID health restrictions in place but the Peninsula Leisure Centre will remain closed for the time…
COVID-19
Peninsula has 30 new COVID cases in past week
With over 30 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on the Peninsula during the past week, and a series of new exposure sites, local health authorities are encouraging residents to keep…
Long Jetty patients make way for COVID surge
Long Jetty Hospital will be temporarily repurposed as a COVID-19 response unit from mid-October to support the potential increase in patients with the virus requiring hospital care. Central Coast Local…
Double-demerits dropped for long weekend
Motorists will be given a reprieve this October long weekend with a hold placed on traditional double-demerits for driving infringements. Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, said the…
Third death during Delta outbreak
Central Coast Health District has confirmed the death of man in his 70s who had COVID-19, the third since the Delta outbreak. The man from western Sydney had received only…
Freedom coming
Premier Gladys Berejiklian stopped short of calling it Freedom Day but after 16 weeks of stay-at-home orders on the Central Coast that’s exactly what it will be on October 11…
Help to get community sports clubs back on their feet
Community sports clubs are facing serious concerns around financial instability, declining participation and declining volunteering according to research from the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF). The ASF conducted a second national…
Gosford Hospital intensive care capacity questioned
NSW Labor has called on the State Government to outline how it will safely staff an expected increase in ICU cases, with hospitalisations due to COVID-19 expected to peak in…
281 COVID cases active as outbreak total passes 500
As the number of COVID-19 cases recorded on the Central Coast during the current outbreak tops 500, there is some good news this week, with Pfizer allocations to the region…
More residents vaccinated but vigilance still needed
Health authorities are warning locals to remain vigilant with new exposure sites on the Peninsula and nearly 500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Central Coast since the start of…
More Pfizer finally arrives on Coast
Central Coast MPs met with NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, and Central Coast Health District CEO, Brad Astill, last Friday, September 17, to discuss growing COVID cases, vaccination…
District Health says hospitals ready for COVID surge
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) says it is well-prepared for the anticipated demand on hospitals because of increasing COVID-19 patients, expected to hit a peak in October. CCLHD says…
Anti-vax rally quashed by police
About 150 anti-vaxxers scattered when police converged on Memorial Park at The Entrance last Saturday to break up their rally which was in breach of the Public Health Orders. A…
‘Freedom’ on the horizon
Stay-at-home orders for adults who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be lifted from the Monday after the state passes the 70 per cent double vaccination target,…
Lockdown turns schoolyard friends into penpals
Children who regularly attend Narara OSHCLUB (Outside School Hours Care) in the grounds of Narara Public School but are studying from home due to the COVID-19 lockdown recently received a…
COVID-positive man refused to isolate
A Terrigal man has been placed into special health accommodation in Sydney, along with one of his housemates, after testing positive to COVID-19 and refusing to self-isolate. Parliamentary Secretary for…
Leader must face questions as Delta peaks
Forum – It is disgraceful that Premier Berejiklian has decided to discontinue daily briefings on the COVID outbreak, just as the epidemic is reaching its peak and authoritative information is…
Sandra hopes ‘Carecrows’ line our streets
As many Central Coast residents struggle with the restrictions of the ongoing lockdown in the region, one Coastie has set out to make a difference. Sandra Sims is determined to…
Premier must continue to face people says Tesch
State MP Liesl Tesch has accused NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian of “abandoning” the people of the Central Coast and the rest of the state with her recent decision to no…
Daily leadership needed as epidemic peaks
Forum – It is disgraceful that Premier Berejiklian has decided to discontinue daily briefings on the COVID outbreak, just as the epidemic is reaching its peak and authoritative information is…