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Daily Media Update - Friday 3 April 2020
Friday, 3 April 2020, 6:41 pm | Southern District Health Board
New cases in Southern The Ministry of Health announced 13 new COVID-19 cases in the Southern region today, bringing the region’s total to 131 as of 8am this morning. Confirmed and probable cases are combined for this and future totals, to match Ministry ... More >>
SDHB Daily Media Update - Wednesday 1 April 2020
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 7:36 pm | Southern District Health Board
Lakes District Hospital update Lakes District Hospital is now admitting patients again, after a temporary pause while staff were tested for COVID-19. Altogether 83 staff and contractors were tested for the virus, after two nurses were confirmed ... More >>
More Lakes District Hospital Staff To Be Tested For COVID-19
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 5:23 pm | Southern District Health Board
Thirty-eight more staff at Lakes District Hospital are being tested for COVID-19, following a second nurse testing positive for the disease. The nurse was one of 36 staff who were tested yesterday, and one of 15 ‘close contacts’ of the nurse ... More >>
Lakes District Hospital Staff To Be Tested As A Precaution Following Positive COVID-19 Test
Monday, 30 March 2020, 8:06 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB is testing 36 staff and undertaking extensive cleaning of Lakes District Hospital, following notification that a nurse has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Public Health team is investigating to find out how the nurse contracted the virus. ... More >>
Eleven New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Southern District
Sunday, 29 March 2020, 6:16 pm | Southern District Health Board
Eleven new Southern DHB COVID-19 cases were announced today. The total number of Southern cases is now 70. This includes 69 confirmed cases and one probable case, as of late yesterday. One Southern case is in Dunedin Hospital in a designated COVID-19 ... More >>
Twenty New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Southern District
Saturday, 28 March 2020, 6:13 pm | Southern District Health Board
Twenty new Southern DHB COVID-19 cases were announced today. The total number of Southern cases is now 59. This includes 58 confirmed cases and one probable case, as of late yesterday. Anyone who has developed symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, such ... More >>
Twelve New COVID-19 Cases In Southern District
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 10:33 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB has been notified of 12 new cases of COVID-19 as at 8am on 26 March. Some of these cases have returned from overseas travel and at least one attended the Wanaka A&P Show in association with persons who were also at the World ... More >>
Southern DHB: Daily Media Update – Wednesday 25 March 2020
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 9:03 pm | Southern District Health Board
Four new COVID-19 cases in Southern district Two Dunedin women in their 20s, a Queenstown woman in her 30s and a Wanaka man in his 20s have tested positive for COVID-19. Additional cases in Otago were also confirmed today, but no details are available at this stage. ... More >>
Four Further COVID-19 Cases In Southern District
Monday, 23 March 2020, 7:43 pm | Southern District Health Board
A West Otago woman in her 50s, a Dunedin woman in her 30s, a Dunedin woman in her 20s and a Wanaka teenager have today been announced as having been diagnosed with COVID-19. This brings the total cases in the Southern district to 13, 12 confirmed ... More >>
Community Concerns Following Confirmation Of COVID-19 Case Visit To Palmerston
Sunday, 22 March 2020, 5:39 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB confirms that an Auckland man diagnosed with COVID-19 was staying with family in the Palmerston area both before and after the World Hereford Cattle Conference in Queenstown 9 – 13 March. He was most likely exposed at the conference but is ... More >>
Southern DHB COVID-19 Update
Sunday, 22 March 2020, 3:12 pm | Southern District Health Board
A Queenstown man in his 40s and a Wanaka man in his 20s are among those announced in the past 48 hours as having been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the Southern district. This brings the total confirmed cases in the district to eight. The Wanaka man returned ... More >>
DAILY MEDIA UPDATE – Thursday 19 March 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 5:23 pm | Southern District Health Board
Two further COVID-19 cases in Southern district A tourist from Spain and a Dunedin woman who had recently travelled overseas have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the Southern district. This brings the total positive cases ... More >>
First Positive Test For COVID-19 In Southland
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 6:48 pm | Southern District Health Board
An Invercargill man in his 40s has tested positive for COVID-19, following his return from travelling overseas to Australia. This is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Southland, and the fourth in the Southern district. The man is at home with his ... More >>
School Student Tests Positive For COVID-19
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 8:49 pm | Southern District Health Board
As was announced by the Director-General of the Ministry of Health, a Dunedin student has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the son of a Dunedin man who was confirmed as testing positive earlier today. The student attends Logan Park High School. Southern ... More >>
Queenstown COVID-19 Case
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 4:25 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB are alerting people who may have been in locations in Queenstown and Christchurch that they may have come into contact with a COVID-19 case. These relate to people who may have been in the proximity of case eight, a Danish tourist in New ... More >>
Southern DHB planning for coronavirus
Friday, 24 January 2020, 4:47 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB is planning in the event of coronavirus cases in the district. The virus, first diagnosed in Wuhan China has been reported in other countries across the world and although there have been no cases identified in New Zealand we need to be prepared,” ... More >>
Southern DHB’s Annual Report
Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:06 pm | Southern District Health Board
Southern DHB’s Annual Report: Quality and Performance Account 2018/19 was a chance to reflect on a longer journey, say former Commissioner Kathy Grant and Chief Executive Chris Fleming. More >>
Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal raises $39,367 for children
Friday, 6 December 2019, 4:19 pm | Southern District Health Board
Christmas came early for Southland children today when a cheque for $39,367 raised by the Countdown Kids 2019 Hospital Appeal, was presented to Southern DHB at Countdown Tay Street in Invercargill. More >>
National Safe Sleep Day – make every sleep a safe sleep
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 12:53 pm | Southern District Health Board
‘Make every sleep a safe sleep’ is Southern DHBs message to parents with young babies on National Safe Sleep Day - Te Rā Mokopuna on Friday (6 December). More >>
Evacuation of Lakes District Hospital
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 1:27 pm | Southern District Health Board
The Queenstown Fire Service is investigating a burning smell and fire alarm activation at Lakes District Hospital. More >>