A SECOND case of COVID-19 has been in confirmed in Wangaratta. The case is a close household contact of the Wangaratta case who returned a positive test at Wangaratta's Emergency Department on Monday evening. The new case has been isolating since...

VICTORIA will effectively close its border to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory from midnight tonight. With a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases in the latest Sydney outbreak - 127 new cases over the weekend - Victoria’s Acting...

RESIDENTS of Shepparton have been advised to be tested for coronavirus after three new positive cases were confirmed yesterday. The current list of high risk locations in Shepparton are: Central Tyre Service, Welsford Street Shepparton from...

COVID-19 restrictions on people living in the Rural City of Wangaratta are set to ease from this Sunday under a new roadmap towards ‘COVID Normal’ living.

WANGARATTA, and rest of regional Victoria, will revert back to stage 3 restrictions from midnight tonight, for the next six weeks, as the state attempts to reign in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today I can announce three lists that will apply during Stage 4 restrictions. These changes, in addition to the previous restrictions including working from home requirements, will mean around 1 million Victorians are no longer moving around the...

WANGARATTA residents along with all regional Victorians will have to wear a face covering whenever they leave home as of 11.59pm Sunday.

EIGHTY Northeast Health Wangaratta nurses, doctors, allied health and administration staff who live in border zone communities are not at work today because of the NSW Government’s tightened border restrictions.

CONFUSION still reigns on whether Wangaratta is classified as a border town under the Victoria-NSW state lockdown rules in place since early July. People who work or live in Wangaratta should be able to travel across the border to NSW as it does...

WANGARATTA district pubs will be pouring beers for locals without the requirement to have a meal from next Monday. Cinemas, concert venues, theatres and auditoriums can open, also from next Monday, with up to 50 people per space. Premier Daniel...

A MINI ‘winery walkabout’ could be on the cards this Queen’s Birthday weekend if restrictions on cellar doors are lifted alongside other hospitality businesses such as restaurants by June 1.

THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1605, a net increase of two since yesterday. There have been no new deaths reported and to date, 19 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria. There have been 180 confirmed cases of coronavirus...

VICTORIAN government school students will begin a phased return to classrooms before the end of May, following advice from Victoria’s Chief Health Officer that it is safe for the community to do so. Since the beginning of Term 2, most children in...

PREMIER Daniel Andrews will confirm today and during this week what changes will be made to Victoria wide COVID-19 restrictions people have endured since March 23. It follows a three-step plan announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday...

THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1454, an increase of 14 since yesterday with the two confirmed cases in Wangaratta remaining unchanged. There were no new deaths reported yesterday and to date, 18 people have died from coronavirus...

IF you’re wondering how to get through your isolation blues or the broader COVID-19 crisis, ‘The Hello Project’ might be just what you’re looking for.

INNOVATIVE locals have offered their expertise to Wangaratta medical facilities, producing 3D printed face shields for the city’s health care workers facing the COVID-19 threat.

THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1361, an increase of seven since Wednesday. There were no new deaths reported as of Thursday and to date, 18 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria. The total number of cases is made up of 704...

THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1337, an increase of one since Wednesday. There was one new death reported on Wednesday, with a man in his 60s passing away in hospital. To date, 16 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria. The...

NORTHEAST Health Wangaratta (NHW) will be reviewing the details of the Federal Government’s announcement on Wednesday to increase elective surgery category two and some category three procedures.

A SECOND individual in the Rural City of Wangaratta has tested positive to COVID-19, according to an announcement made by Northeast Health Wangaratta on Easter Saturday.

A SECOND individual in the Rural City of Wangaratta has tested positive to COVID-19, according to an announcement made by Northeast Health Wangaratta late on Good Friday.

THERE are no further cases confirmed to date in Rural City of Wangaratta, Benalla Rural City, Mansfield Shire or Moira Shire. There are no COVID-19 positive inpatients at Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW). NHW COVID-19 screening clinic completed 717...

THE total number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria is 1158, an increase of 23 from yesterday as testing for the virus expands. Yesterday a man in his 50s died in hospital and a woman in her 80s died at home, taking the number of people who have died in...

WANGARATTA police have more members physically searching for people breaking newly imposed laws around home curfews and social gatherings and after new laws came into effect yesterday. Under the laws there are only four reasons for Victorians to...