A video created by local health workers encouraging people to stay safe during the pandemic has gone viral.
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The video, which involves the Western NSW Local Health District Dubbo Women's and Children's Services team, as well as cameos from the public health and executive units, is a special COVID-19 edition of U Can't Touch This.
The new lyrics were created by Katie Thorne. It encourages members of the public to stay home, keep six feet apart and wash their hands.
To date, the video has been viewed more than 87,000 times on Facebook. At the weekend it also featured on The Today Show.
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Western NSW Local Health District chief executive Scott McLachlan said having a bit of fun was one thing the health care staff did well.
"It was pretty exciting to see it go viral," Mr McLachlan said.
"It's just a great buzz to have staff who can celebrate the things we do in health but also do some community education at the same time. It was a good bit of fun."
While it was fun to make, Mr McLachlan said it was also a way for the staff to chill out after a stressful time for the health department.
"We've got some absolutely incredible staff. I'm just in awe of the commitment our staff bring every day of the week in coming to look after our community and in some cases putting themselves at risk," he said.
The chief executive said there a lot of things in place to protect the workers.
"But the most crucial thing is how we interact with patients and the community so we've done a lot of training with our staff and I'm really confident with what we've got in place. But there's no doubt there is a risk for health workers," Mr McLachlan said.
"To all of our staff, thank you for everything that you do. It's quite incredible."
To all of our staff, thank you for everything that you do. It's quite incredible.
- Scott McLachlan
The U Can't Touch This video is the second video in recent weeks from the health department that's been shared far and wide.
A video of Jayson O'Brien leaving Dubbo Hospital after recovering from COVID-19 also had an overwhelming response.
Mr O'Brien's touching comments thanking the "blue angels" at the hospital has been watched more than 73,000 times.
As for what's next?
"You never know what might come out soon," Mr McLachlan said.
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Deputy editor at the Daily Liberal, covering council, politics, human interest stories, community news and everything in between.
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