Torres Strait COVID-19 vaccine program won't resume until mid-May FriFriday 16 updated Yesterday at 2:07pm FriFriday 16 AprApril 2021 at 2:07pm Torres and Cape Health Service says no-one, of any age, will be offered the AstraZeneca vaccine if they have not already had their first dose. ( Share Print text only Cancel The COVID-19 mass vaccination rollout in the Torres Strait is not expected to resume until mid-May. Local health authorities are scrambling to work through changed health advice for administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people under the age of 50. More than 800 Torres Strait residents, considered to be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus due to their close proximity to Papua New Guinea, have already received the AstraZeneca vaccine.