Where you can get tested for Covid on the Northern Rivers

Drive through testing clinics have opened on the Northern Rivers in response to construction workers at Lismore Base Hospital being identified as Covid contacts.

Drive through testing clinics have opened on the Northern Rivers in response to construction workers at Lismore Base Hospital being identified as Covid contacts.

Update 12.20pm: Residents on the Northern Rivers are on high alert after a man in his 50s tested positive to Covid-19.

The NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said a man in his 50s, who was staying at Byron Bay, has tested positive to Covid-19.

His movements were not yet known, but residents were urged to get tested immediately if they had symptoms.

Testing sites are listed below.

Original story: Construction of Lismore Base Hospital’s Stage 3C redevelopment was temporarily paused late on Tuesday after two workers were identified as close contacts of a Covid-19 exposure site.

A further 77 construction workers and project staff were identified as secondary close contacts, and are self-isolating while they await test results.

Northern NSW Local Health District acting chief executive, Lynne Weir urged people to get tested if they felt unwell.

“We ask the community to remain vigilant and continue to practice Covid-safe measures at all times.

A QML Pathology drive-through Covid-19 testing clinic has been set up at the Cavanbah Centre on Ewingsdale Road, in Byron Bay, after fragments of the virus were detected through the sewerage monitoring program. Friday, July 23, 2021. Picture: Liana Boss

“Anyone feeling unwell – even with the mildest of symptoms such as a runny nose, scratchy or sore throat, cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, tiredness, loss of taste or smell, nausea, diarrhoea or muscle aches – should immediately get tested and self-isolate until they receive a negative result, so that any potential cases in the community are identified as quickly as possible.”

More clinics have been opened in the past 24 hours, and the list will update as those locations are confirmed.

Testing centre locations:

• Cavanbah Centre, 249 Ewingsdale Rd, Byron Bay. Open until 4pm on Friday and 8am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. Drive through.

• Lismore Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 62 Wyrallah Road, Shop 12, Wyrallah Road Shopping Centre, Lismore, Wed- Fri, 9am-5pm

• Lismore Southern Cross University car park, drive-through clinic, off Military Rd.

• Lismore Base Hospital, Uralba Street, Lismore

• Alstonville Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 106 Main Street, Alstonville – appointments required

• Ballina 5Cyte Pathology Ballina Drive-through Clinic, 319 River Street, Ballina

• Ballina Respiratory Clinic, 92 Tamar Street, Shop 12, Tamar Shopping Village, Ballina – appointments are required

• Ballina Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 90 Tamar Street, Ballina

• Casino Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 166 Canterbury Street, Shops 3-4, RSM Centre, Casino

• Casino Respiratory Clinic, 107 Barker Street, Casino – appointments are required

• Evans Head Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 27 Woodburn Street, Evans Head – appointments are required

• Lennox Head Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 62 Ballina Street, Shop 4, Lennox Head – appointments are required

• Byron Central Hospital, 54 Ewingsdale Road, Ewingsdale

• Byron Bay Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 1 Byron Street, Byron Bay

• Mullumbimby Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (Daley St), 125 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby – appointments are required

• Kyogle Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 199 Summerland Way, McKid Medical Centre, Kyogle – appointments are required

• Ocean Shores Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 84 Rajah Road, Shop 4 Ocean Shores Shopping Village, Ocean Shores – appointments are required

• Murwillumbah Respiratory Clinic, 14 King St, Murwillumbah – appointments are required

• Murwillumbah Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (King St), 14 King Street, Murwillumbah

• Tweed Hospital, Solander Street, Tweed Heads