Toowoomba businesses plea for government support amid Covid slump
As the Omicron variant rips through the Toowoomba region and scares away people, businesses in the hospitality sector have urged state and federal governments to provide support.
All the latest developments on coronavirus in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs.
As the Omicron variant rips through the Toowoomba region and scares away people, businesses in the hospitality sector have urged state and federal governments to provide support.
In a boost for the region’s vaccination rates, hundreds of Darling Downs children have now gotten their first jab against Covid-19. Health authorities have also revealed why testing wait times could be much lower from now on.
Toowoomba residents have responded to the call to get vaccinated, with the region’s first-jab rate passing 95 per cent. Its second-dose rate is also ahead of Queensland.
The Covid-19 outbreak within a Lockyer Valley nursing home has continued to grow, with 17 residents and 26 staff members contracting the virus. Two residents are also in hospital.
The Wellcamp quarantine facility is nearly finished as a new Covid strain emerges, “vindicating” the decision.
A key tool in the fight against Covid-19 was rolled out in Toowoomba earlier this year. Now The Chronicle has detailed the results from that testing.
With restrictions fast approaching, the State Government is rolling out another Super Saturday Covid vaccination blitz. Here are the 12 schools temporarily opening for the jab.
Workers, students and volunteers at a Toowoomba hospital will need to have had at least one jab of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the month to be able to enter the campus.
A small regional council southwest of Toowoomba has beaten its city counterparts to become the first local government area in Queensland to reach 80 per cent double vaccination. Here’s how they did it.
The first structures have been completed at the upcoming quarantine facility at Wellcamp. The developer says it is on track to finish the first stage by Christmas.
Toowoomba and the Darling Downs is running out of time to get vaccinated before the first border restrictions are eased next month — here’s how you can get jabbed.
Time is running out for the Darling Downs’s 29,000 unvaccinated residents, with this weekend representing the last opportunity to get your first jab before the borders start to reopen.
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A Darling Downs region with a population of little over 10,000 is leading the national Covid-19 vaccine rollout, with more than half of their population fully vaccinated.
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