COVID-19 vaccine
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VACCINE ELIGIBILITY EXPANDING FOR ANYONE 16 AND OVER
Every Victorian aged 16 years and over will be eligible to access a COVID-19 vaccine at state-run vaccination centres from tomorrow. The expansion of the state vaccine program will further help Victoria reach its goal of one million doses over five weeks. The change means that from Wednesday August 25, anyone aged 18 to 59…
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Vaccine confidence booster
As demand to get the jab at Castlemaine Health’s coronavirus vaccination clinics has continued to grow in recent days, so too has confidence in vaccine supply say frontline health professionals administering the local rollout. While it’s been hard to miss the national criticism around the federal government’s role in facilitating adequate supply of – particularly…
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Join the ‘Vacctorians’
Some Mount Alexander Shire councillors were among those lining up on Friday morning to get their COVID-19 jabs, joining the increasing number of people in the state who might now be called ‘Vacctorians’. Mount Alexander Shire’s deputy mayor Cr Bill Maltby and Tarrengower ward’s Cr Stephen Gardner were both anxious to get their first jab…
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Residents receive COVID-19 vaccine
Central Highlands Rural Health continued its rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents in Creswick, Daylesford and Trentham aged care facilities last week. More than 70 residents across the three sites rolled up their sleeves to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was administered by the Grampians mobile vaccination team from Ballarat Health Services. Specialist nurse…