Over the coming months, you and your family may need to be tested for COVID-19 multiple times.

Under directive from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), anyone showing even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms must be tested. This isn’t a one-off; each time you or your family members show symptoms, you must be tested for COVID-19.

For a comprehensive list of testing locations, visit: https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/getting-tested-coronavirus-covid-19

The testing clinics closest to Ballan are:

• Hospital Respiratory Clinic, Djerriwarrh Health Services – Melton
  ‘Melton DRIVE-THRU Fever Clinic’
  195-209 Barries Road, Melton West 3337
  Phone: (03) 8746 1100
  Current operating hours: Monday to Friday – 10.30am to 6pm, weekends and public holidays – 9am to 12noon
• Hospital Respiratory Clinic, Central Highland Rural Health – Daylesford
  13 Hospital Street, Daylesford 3460
  Phone: (03) 5321 6654
  Current operating hours: Monday to Friday – 9.30am to 4pm
• Ballarat UFS Respiratory Clinic (GP Respiratory Clinic) – Lucas Community Hub
  Corner Merz Street and Eleanor Drive (Eleanor Drive entrance and car park), Lucas 3350
  Phone: (03) 4311 1571 (by appointment only)
  Current operating hours: Monday to Friday – 8.30am to 5pm, weekends – 9am to 1pm
• 4Cyte Pathology – Pathology Collection Centre, Ballarat (GP referral required)
  630 Skipton Street, Redan 3350
  Phone: 0435 007 948 – call on arrival and remain in vehicle
  Current operating hours: Monday to Friday – 8am to 4pm, Saturday – 10am to 4pm, Sunday – 11am to 2pm

If you’re showing symptoms of COVID-19, you must self-isolate until you receive your test results, and until your symptoms resolve.