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Southern Cross School of Distance Education

Southern Cross School of Distance Education

Providing quality distance education since 1995

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Got symptoms? Get tested

24 Aug 2020

Any student who's unwell or has cold or flu-like symptoms should be tested for COVID-19. A negative test result must be presented before returning to school. This can be demonstrated with a screenshot of the negative test result message.

Anyone with the following symptoms should be tested.

  • fever
  • cough
  • sore throat
  • shortness of breath
  • runny nose
  • headache
  • muscle or joint pain.
Free COVID-19 testing clinics and GP respiratory clinics are available thorughout the region for people with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms.
  • NSW Health COVID-19 clinics are in Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Lismore, Grafton, Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour, Macksville, South West Rocks, Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Wauchope.
  • GP-led respiratory clinics are at Murwillumbah, Ballina, Casino, Yamba, Nambucca Heads, Kempsey and Port Macquarie.
  • COVID-19 testing is also available through private pathology providers on the North Coast with a GP referral.
For full details of North Coast COVID-19 testing sites, please visit Healthy North Coast. They have an interactive regional map with the location, opening hours and contact details of public testing clinics across the region.

If your child is sick, keep them home and get a COVID-19 test

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