17 AUGUST UPDATE: The Airds clinic closed on Friday, 14 August but a new clinic has opened to continue to keep our local community safe, at Leumeah Railway Station car park, Plough Inn Road, Leumeah. It is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.
A caring and dedicated healthcare team has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a drive-through and walk-in testing service for the Aboriginal and wider community at Airds in July and August.
The pop-up clinic at Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Service, 187 Riverside Drive, Airds, is co-ordinated by the South Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, Histopath pathology and Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation.
It was set up in response to the COVID-19 cluster at Casula and initially performed more than 100 tests a day.
No referrals or appointments are required for the clinic and there are no age restrictions.
The free public flu assessment clinic is one of many testing clinics popping up across the region and the state to ensure NSW Health is able to identify as many COVID-19 cases in the community as quickly as possible.
NSW Health continues to urge anyone feeling unwell, with even the mildest of symptoms, to self-isolate from others and come forward for COVID-19 testing. Symptoms inclu?de fever, cough, sore/ scratchy throat, shortness of breath and loss of taste or smell.
A NSW Health flu assessment clinic is also open at Campbelltown Hospital, Parkside Crescent opposite the park, seven days a week from 8am to 6pm. A GP-led respiratory clinic is open at Shop 1, 251 Queen Street, Campbelltown, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm and Saturday, 9am to 1pm.
The Airds clinic is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm, until Friday, 14 August.
To find out more about COVID-19 testing options across South Western Sydney, visit the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Testing page on South Western Sydney Primary Health Network’s website.