Some useful videos have been created to explain the process for getting a border permit in a range of languages spoken by newer migrant groups in the community, courtesy of Albury Wodonga Ethnic Communities Council (AWECC). If you know someone who might need this help, please point them in the right direction to these video links!

The videos include translated information of how to get tested for Covid 19 in Albury Wodonga, as well as

Make sure you phone ahead if you are planning to come into any Gateway Health centre.

During the current Covid-19 situation it makes good sense for everyone to do that - but it's especially important if you have been to any area that that currently has restrictions in place, like Melbourne, in the past two weeks.

It's also esssential if you've mixed with anyone who has come from a restricted area in the past two weeks. 

So we can protect you and protect others - phone ahead!

Gateway Health is providing “business as usual” service in Wodonga as new border controls are being put into effect by the NSW and Victorian Governments.

If you are a Gateway Health client with an appointment booked to see a NSW based specialist, please contact the specialist’s office direct.

If you have a medical appointment at our Wodonga centre, and need to cross the border, we will provide information shortly on what to do – please keep watching our Facebook page and website for new information as it comes to us.

Thanks to all our clients, volunteers, visitors and staff for your ongoing patience, understanding and commitment to slowing the spread of Covid-19.

But it’s not over yet. The Victorian Government reminds us all that if you are feeling any flu-like symptoms at all – however mild - you should go to a local Covid-19 testing clinic and get tested.

Gateway Health has published its first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, a document mapping out our commitments to improving outcomes for the recognition and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The document addresses key issues around recognition, employment, cultural learning, partnership activities and other aspects of the relationship between the organisation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Some practical help is at hand in the battle to stay healthy during the current Covid-19 emergency: Gateway Health has published a set of two guides to a wide range of food resources we can all find close to home.

The Gateway Health Community Food Access Guide has been published in two editions - one for Albury-Wodonga and another for Wangaratta and surrounds.

Gateway Health GP clinics have begun to provide a ‘telehealth’ service to patients. This means it’s now possible to consult with a doctor from home using telephone or video-linked computer rather than attend at the clinic.

Patients must phone ahead to make a booking. (Wangaratta 03 5723 2000; Wodonga 02 6022 8888.)

A lot of Gateway Health’s patients and clients come from non-English speaking backgrounds.

So in the midst of the Covid-19 corona virus emergency, many have a need to access important health information in languages other than English.

Please note that during the current situation with Covid-19 corona virus, Gateway Health is NOT currently accepting ANY online bookings for its General Practitioner (GP) clinics.

Gateway Health is suggesting we all take a “calm and practical” approach to the current Covid-19 corona virus outbreak.

While there have been relatively few cases to date in north-eastern Victoria and southern NSW, the threat of rapid growth in infections remains real, so it is important we remain fully prepared.

After a bushfire, sometimes people are unsure of what to do next. There are so many competing priorities and so much information at times that it can be difficult to see your way forward.

It is normal for a traumatic event to affect you emotionally and physically. The best source of support is your usual networks - family, friends and community.

However if you need further help the Bushfire Counselling Line can provide advice, counselling through a range of options, and referral as appropriate.