COVID-19 Information for City of Burnside Community

Published on 06 March 2020

6 March 2020

Dear community member

In light of recent concerns in the community regarding coronavirus, we would like to remind people that the Department of Health (Federal) and SA Health (State) are the authority for factual updates.

The Australian Government are monitoring this respiratory illness and issue updated public health alerts daily based on the latest expert medical advice. 

All of the City of Burnside’s services and programs continue to be delivered by Council with business proceeding as usual. We will continue to monitor communications from the Commonwealth Government and will ensure that the services we provide to our community are done in a safe and appropriate manner, taking into account and advice and recommendations from the Commonwealth Government or SA Health. 

Should the Commonwealth Government health alerts require any change in our services to the community, in particular for our My Aged Care clients, our Community Transport, and Health and Wellbeing Programs, we will communicate these changes with impacted parties.

What do I need to do?

There is evidence that it spreads from person to person. Good hygiene can prevent infection.

We urge you to:

AND to keep well informed through https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert#if-you-are-at-risk

As part of basic hand hygiene we have arranged for hand sanitiser dispensers to be placed at key areas such as Customer Service and the Library and will look toward ensuring these are rolled out to our other sites over the next week, e.g. Regal Theatre.

The information on this website is issued by the Australian Government Department of Health who have jurisdiction in such matters.

For the latest travel advice on COVID-19, visit smarttraveller.gov.au.

You can also collect information about the coronavirus, prevention and management, from Council’s Customer Service Desk.

Going forward

The safety of our staff and community is our paramount concern and we will continue to monitor the situation and advise of any changes to these positions.

Thank you for your support.

Chis Cowley

Chief Executive Officer

City of Burnside