Logistical concerns over rollout of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to remote Queensland communities
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Rural doctors are calling for more government support to enable them to vaccinate remote communities with the Pfizer vaccine.
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A north Queensland doctor is warning he has no faith that regional Australia will see a mass distribution of the Pfizer vaccine.
The regional COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been thrown into turmoil by the Federal Government s changed medical advice.
It comes as Queensland s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young announced every region across the state would be set up with a Pfizer vaccine hub, in light of the new TGA storage requirements.
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Aged care providers say they re still waiting for vulnerable residents and staff to receive vaccinations as criticism of Australia s COVID-19 vaccine rollout grows.
Secretary of the Federal Health Department, Dr Brendan Murphy, says more than half of aged care residents are vaccinated and the rollout to workers is also expanding.
Guest: Chris Mamarelis, CEO of aged care provider Whiddon
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Statement from the Department of Health:
Phase 1a of Australia s COVID-19 Vaccination Program began on Monday, 22 February 2021, with those most vulnerable the first to be vaccinated under the national roll out, including aged care residents and workers.
To date, more than 111,873 vaccinations have been administered to aged care residents across Australia. This includes 925 facilities who have received first doses and 345 that have received second doses.
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