Covid 19 coronavirus: Australia enlists 1000 GP clinics to help with vaccine roll-out
6 Mar, 2021 10:29 PM
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NSW Police officer Lachlan Pritchard receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, on February 22. Photo / AP
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By: Darren Cartwright
Australia will enlist the help of more than 1000 GP clinics in its bid to keep its vaccine rollout on schedule.
Local doctors will be brought in for phase 1b of the rollout, which targets older people and those with certain underlying conditions, from March 22.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the change would ensure an efficient and equitable distribution of vaccines across the country .
For more than 60 years Tracy’s Drive-In Grocery has been a community anchor in an historic neighborhood in Bastrop just north of downtown. It’s been a gathering spot for the young and old alike, and over the years it has provided countless students their first job.
Forrest Tracy Chalmers Sr. and his children have owned Tracy’s Drive-In since 1954, but on Feb. 1 new owners Athan and Annemarie Schindler and Ryan and Samantha Holiday took over the iconic corner store at 1602 Main St.
Forrest Chalmers Jr. and his sister Sarah Chalmers, both of who took over the store from their father Forrest Chalmers Sr. in the 1990s, said it was time for a change and that they had met “the right people” to whom to hand over the reins.