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Asian flu vaccination programme reaching more people in our community

Latest News 21 August 2020 |The Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) Community Flu Fighters programme has this year reached over 900 people from the Chinese, Indian, Korean and Cambodian communities as well as other groups.

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I want youth voices to be heard

Latest News 17 August 2020| Only one month into the job, Angela Hann, Youth Consumer Advisor, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), has a clear view on what she wants to bring to the role and to the young people she works with.

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Waitematā, Auckland, and Counties Manukau DHBs delay outpatient appointments and planned care, move to virtual where possible

Media Release 16 August 2020| From Monday 17 August, the three Auckland metropolitan district health boards (DHBs) will postpone some face-to-face planned care appointments or move to virtual appointments where it is appropriate to do so. This includes some scheduled community appointments, outpatient clinics and elective surgeries.

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Auckland health authorities thank community for record testing numbers, encourage people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested

Media Release 16 August 2020|More than 45,000 tests were completed in metropolitan Auckland between the time a new community case of COVID-19 was reported on Wednesday 12 August and 4pm on Sunday 16 August.

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List of designated practices for COVID-19 testing released, new Rosedale pop-up

Media Release 14 August 2020|Auckland health authorities have released a list of designated practices, further increasing public options for COVID-19 testing. The 43 designated practices are general practices where members of the public can make an appointment for a free COVID-19 test without needing to be enrolled.

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COVID-19: CM Health offering more telehealth appointments

Media Release 14 August 2020|CM Health will again be offering more telephone and video outpatient clinic appointments as the region responds to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the community.

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Record testing numbers in Auckland, Central City CTC to move to Eden Park

Media Update 13 August 2020|Wednesday 12 August was a record day for testing in Auckland with more than 7,800 tests now registered by the city’s laboratories. This number continues to increase as the laboratories register and process the swabs taken yesterday.

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CM Health research will help to address inequity

Latest News 13 August 2020 | Research showing Maaori and Pacific women within Counties Manukau have low rates of breast reconstruction following mastectomy will ultimately help address inequities, according to one of the study’s authors.

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Fifteen COVID-19 Auckland Community Testing Centres open on Thursday 13 August

Media Release 12 August 2020|Two additional pop-up Community Testing Centres (CTCs) will open in Henderson and Airport Oaks on Thursday 13 August, bringing the total number of pop-up and permanent CTCs in Auckland to 15.

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Seven new pop-up COVID-19 Testing Centres open in Auckland

Media Release 12 August|Seven pop-up Community Testing Centres (CTCs) opened in metropolitan Auckland this afternoon as health officials continue to boost testing capacity following four confirmed community cases of COVID-19. The new pop-ups are located across the city, including Waiheke Island.

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