Quick Guide:

1. Isolate
2. Notify your close contacts
3. Treat this like a cold
4. Monitor your physical condition
5. Follow the public health advice
6. Seek out appropriate advice from your health care teams
7. Escalate your care provision as necessary
8. Be aware of possible deterioration
9. Be aware of Long Covid
10. Be kind
11. Stay calm

Keep reading the FAQ for more information & links

Coastal Family Health will be working in accordance with Queensland Health and Government guidelines to roll-out phases of the Covid-19 vaccine. The practice is currently offering Moderna boosters vaccines for existing patients of Coastal Family Health.

You are able to make bookings online for Booster doses or call the clinic for future scheduled clinics and cancellations will be visible online as they come up.

We receive no advance notice of immunisation changes and the government unfortunately advertise availability and early boosters before providing supply.

A Covid-19 booster dose is recommended for the following demographics and is available six months past your last booster dose was administered, or six months since a Covid-19 infection;

• ages 65 and above
• ages 18 to 64 who have medical comorbidities that increase their risk of severe COVID-19
• ages 18 to 64 who have a disability with significant or complex health needs

Bookings can be made by phoning reception 07 5444 1522. For more Covid-19 vaccination information click here

Yes, you are still able to have a consult with a GP if you are unwell or have Covid-19. Coastal Family Health offers telehealth appointments and appointments in our respiratory clinic for patients with suspected or confirmed infection of Covid-19. If you have any Covid-19 or other respiratory symptoms it is necessary to let reception know when booking. 

Please be aware that by not divulging correct information about your symptoms puts many people at risk. Your doctors, reception staff and nursing, including their families at home and our other patients are placed at risk. Please work with us, so we can continue to offer all services to you!

We are unfortunately not a swabbing site for Covid-19.

For testing sites closest to you including questions to determine what the right Covid-19 test is for you and your situation. Click here. 

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In many cases the symptoms are mild but for some people it can be severe, requiring treatment in hospital, or even cause a life-threatening illness. If you have any symptoms of Covid-19 it is important that you have either a PCR test at a Covid-19 testing site, or a Rapid Antigen Test.

Symptoms of Covid-19 most commonly include:

• fever (37.5  degrees Celsius or higher)
• cough
• sore throat
• shortness of breath (difficulty breathing)
• runny nose
• loss of taste
• loss of smell

Other reported symptoms include:

• fatigue
• acute blocked nosed (congestion)
• muscle pain
• joint pain
• headache
• diarrhoea
• nausea/vomiting
• loss of appetite

People who have Covid-19 can feel fine at first but then deteriorate rapidly.  It is important to be able to recognize the early symptoms of severe Covid-19. The symptoms listed below are indicate that you are getting much worse.

You should call Triple Zero (000) if you experience any of the following:

• worsening shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• are so breathless you are unable to say short sentences when resting
• suddenly find it hard to breathe or your breathing has gotten worse
• blue lips or face
• pain or pressure in the chest
• cold and clammy, or pale and mottled, skin
• fainting or collapse
• being more confused
• becoming difficult to wake up
• little or no urine output – less urine than usual, even though you have been drinking lots of fluid
• coughing up blood

For most children, Covid-19 causes cold- or flu-like illness the same as those listed above.  If your child develops symptoms you should take them to get tested, and then isolate with them at home while you wait for your result.  You should report any positive test from a Rapid Antigen Test through the Queensland Health notification portal.

If your child is sick, you should keep them at home from daycare or school.

Severe Covid-19 illness in children is uncommon but you should look for the following symptoms of severe illness, as above, and call for an ambulance if any of the following occur.

You should call Triple Zero (000) if you experience any of the following:

• worsening shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• are so breathless you are unable to say short sentences when resting
• suddenly find it hard to breathe or your breathing has gotten worse
• blue lips or face
• pain or pressure in the chest
• cold and clammy, or pale and mottled, skin
• fainting or collapse
• being more confused
• becoming difficult to wake up
• little or no urine output – less urine than usual, even though you have been drinking lots of fluid
• coughing up blood

For more detailed information see the COVID-19 family guide

• National Coronavirus Helpline- 1800 020 080
• 134 COVID (13 42 68)
• 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)

If patients become very unwell at home, they need to call Triple Zero (000) and ask for an ambulance explaining to the operator that they have Covid-19.