“My message to everybody in the room was the community needs to be ready to look after the community because when it turns bad Melbourne’s not going to help us'.
In July, Colac was making headlines as the site of regional Victoria's biggest coronavirus outbreak. The community was not happy about being in the spotlight.
“My message to everybody in the room was the community needs to be ready to look after the community because when it turns bad Melbourne’s not going to help us,” he said. Colac Otway Shire mayor Jason Schram called for tougher restrictions to curb the spread of the virus in Colac.Some businesses closed voluntarily and many people stayed home. Masks were being worn in public almost two weeks before they became compulsory in regional Victoria.
A mass testing blitz began and the Australian Defence Force was called in to help contain the spread.Colac Area Health chief executive Fiona Brew said her health service was an early adopter of many infection control measures. The local hospital began screening staff for the virus in February.
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