The Public Health Unit is a team of administrators and clinicians from Bendigo Health who investigate and trace COVID-19 outbreaks in the Loddon Mallee region, with the aim of containing them quickly to protect the community.
The unit has a contact tracing arm and a clinical monitoring arm.
The unit's responsbility also includes overseeing the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Loddon Mallee region.
More information on the COVID-19 vaccination program can be found here.