@innsaneink said in [CV & us\.](/post/1132906) said:
Yeah... another CV thread.
But I thought we could use this thread to relate our own personal experiences through this. I don't think I knownanyone not affected.
Let's encourage each other... Share tips and ideas on how we ncan remain positive through this... I see my own moods fluctuating quite extremely.. It's been a hell of a week.
**Had a work colleague test positive, thankfully he's at another site and I've never met him but I was seated next to another guy at a WHS Meeting who works with the positive guy and who had been advised self isolate... That was worrying until he came back negative yesterday.**
My household will be discussing tonite what we'll do should one of us Contract this... We are all in high risk occupations I think.. Waste management me...two at the airport 😩 and two at hospital... I try to think positive but can help feeling like it's only a matter of time.
We were meant to fly out to Philippines on Monday... But now I've cancelled my 5 weeks off and will take 2 weeks only, been a nightmare trying to deal with airlines and resorts over there but slowly getting on top of it... Work often takes my mind off things that bother me but it's not the case with this as so many new protocols have come into play.
Stay safe friends.
Good news!
If anyone is interested as we enter winter:
**How do I get tested for COVID-19?**
*NSW Health is recommending people with acute, cold, flu-like symptoms who are returned travellers, or a contact of a confirmed case, be tested for COVID-19.
Samples for testing can be taken directly by GPs or at a range of private pathology sites across the state that are suitable for collection of COVID-19, or at public hospitals across NSW.
COVID-19/Flu clinics are being established within all local health districts across NSW to assess and diagnose patients with possible COVID-19 infections and other respiratory illness such as influenza as we approach the winter season.
NSW Health is also expanding the laboratory capacity across public hospitals and private laboratories to scale up the analytical testing to determine the results of those tests.
Currently, NSW Health laboratories have capacity to perform more than 1,000 tests a day at three public hospitals at Randwick, Westmead, and Liverpool, and they will soon be joined by four more hospitals: Royal North Shore, Royal Prince Alfred, John Hunter, and Nepean.
NSW Health has already engaged private pathology laboratories to assist in the collection of samples from people who require COVID-19 testing.
Testing is recommended for all returning overseas travellers who develop symptoms within 14 days of return, contacts of cases who develop symptoms, people admitted to hospital with severe respiratory infection irrespective of travel history, other special circumstances such as where there is an outbreak of respiratory infections without an identified cause such as flu.
This testing can take up to two days to complete and report back.*
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus-faqs.aspx#1-19
