COVID-19

Children’s antibodies to help in fight against COVID-19

Children's COVID-19 testing in Western Sydney

If you live in Western Sydney, there are lots of places you can take your child to be tested for COVID-19. Twenty locations have been established in the region for families to access with their children. See the locations here.

WTM: Why the mask?

With more and more people wearing masks in the community, we know kids are going to have a lot of questions - especially when they start seeing people they know like their nurse or doctor, their child life therapist or their parent or carer with their face covered.

Advice on wearing a mask when visiting our hospitals

With an increase of community transmission of COVID-19, and following advice from NSW Health, from Friday 24 July 2020 all patients and visitors over the age of 12 are asked to wear a mask when visiting our hospitals.

Vaccine trial aims to reduce impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers

Frontline healthcare workers at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead are the first NSW participants to join the BRACE trial, investigating whether a vaccine traditionally used to treat tuberculosis (TB) can reduce the impacts of COVID-19.