Albury Wodonga Health chief executive Michael Kalimnios said health services would remain open on both sides of the river and that patients would be able to pass over the border with documents from their healthcare providers.
There were three suspected cases of COVID-19 in Albury-Wodonga this week although the region had been free of the virus for several months. Across regional Victoria, Mitchell Shire had seven active cases, Greater Geelong had two and Greater Bendigo, Latrobe, Greater Shepparton and East Gippsland had one each.
Ken and Faye Thorn rushed back to their home in Shepparton when the heard the NSW border was closing.“It was our opportunity to get away and now it’s been turned upside down,” Mr Thorn said. “At our age panic and packing up wasn’t very good.”
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