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Almost all General Practices and all pharmacies that are providing COVID-19 vaccinations in the metro Auckland region are open today

A re-established Covid-19 testing clinic in Timaru which tested 60 people in four hours on Wednesday has had its opening hours extended.

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Department of Health In a significant milestone for Australia’s vaccine rollout, last week (12 to 18 July) we surpassed 10 million vaccine doses administered across the country. This included the last million doses delivered in only 8 days. Last week had the highest daily increase in doses administered on 15 July, at 175,002 recorded doses-close to 10,000 more than the previous record. This was also a new record day for doses in primary care, at 99,412, which takes primary care vaccinations p...

Department of Health In a big boost to our rollout program, Australia will be receiving one million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine per week from 19 July – tripling the current rate of supply. This will greatly increase our supply of the Pfizer vaccine – and support an acceleration of the rollout of vaccines across the country. This week, we reached a total number of 9.1 million vaccine doses administered across the country. We passed 9 million doses on Friday, only seven days after re...

Respiratory infection in children at this time of year. it is a level that we would usually see in wintertime. it is a problem which is affecting the whole of the health system. it is very worrying to see children who are basically pretty well, being seen in emergency departments. it is happening in general practices as well. most of the people im seeing in the surgery are children. most of whom are ok, but there is a high level of parental anxiety for the simple reason that parents simply haven...

Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 11:23 am Four new community vaccination centres announced today to support vaccine rollout Aucklanders aged 65 and over will receive an invitation to book their COVID-19 vaccination within the next week as Group 3 continues to roll out across the Auckland metro region. Four new community vaccination centres in Albany, Tamaki, Pukekohe and Takanini have also been announced today to support the rollout to Group 3, and will be open by the end of June. All remaining Group 3 i...

Department of Health A total of 5,867,299 vaccinations have been administered at more than 5,500 sites across the country. As of today, 9,179,790 vaccine doses have been delivered to these sites by the Australian Government. This week, 790,886 doses were administered. Daily reports of vaccines administered continue to increase, with a new largest daily increase of 153,338 recorded on 10 June. We have continued to provide support to Victoria through the supply of additional vaccines to Commonwea...

General Practices already participating in the AstraZeneca vaccination program will have received an expression of interest (EoI) form to indicate if...

The role of General Practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand, with up to 900 additional general practices to come on board to...