If you have any symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested at and stay home.

Symptoms include:

• Fever, chills or sweats
• Cough or sore throat
• Shortness of breath
• Runny nose
• Loss of sense of smell or taste

You should also get tested if you have been identified as a close contact of someone who has coronavirus.

For more information on coronavirus, visit the Department of Health and Human Services website. 

If you suspect you may have coronavirus please call the dedicated hotline on 1800 675 398.

Bendigo Health

Bendigo’s COVID-19 Screening Clinic is located on Stewart Street (in the old hospital Emergency Department). The clinic is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am-5.30pm.

Bendigo Health are also running a drive through clinic in the La Trobe Rural Health School car park, accessible via Anne Caudle Driveway, 100 Barnard Street.

The drive through clinic is open daily from 10am-5.30pm and is targeted to vulnerable people, especially the elderly and those with mobility issues. 

Please note that children under five years of age cannot be tested at the drive through clinic and will need to be tested at the walk-in clinic on Stewart Street. 

Bendigo Respiratory Clinic 

The Bendigo Respiratory Clinic is operating in Spring Gully and testing is by appointment only. The clinic operates from 9.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Visit the Bendigo Respiratory Clinic website to make an appointment.

Heathcote

Drive through COVID-19 testing is available at 39 Hospital Street, Heathcote. Testing is located behind the hospital. 

Testing is available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2pm to 3pm, weather permitting. Please phone ahead on 5431 0900.

Strathfieldsaye

Drive through COVID-19 testing is available at MyDoc Healthcare located at 1 Apsley Street, Strathfieldsaye.

Testing is available from Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. No appointment needed, symptoms and no symptoms. Medicare card needed.

For additional information, please call 5439 5745.