COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available

Myhealth centres have been approved as COVID-19 vaccination centres. If you meet the following criteria under the initial phase 1b rollout;

• ELDERLY OVER 70

  

  • People over 70 years
  • People over 80 years

• CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION OVER 18

  

  High Risk/Immunocompromising Conditions

  • Solid organ transplant recipients who are on immune suppressive therapy
  • Adult survivors of childhood cancers
  • Bone marrow transplant recipients or those on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy or those on immune suppressive therapy for graft versus host disease
  • Haematological diseases or cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma
  • Non-haematological cancer
  • Chronic inflammatory conditions on medical treatments
  • Primary or acquired immunodeficiency
  • Those with severe mental health conditions

  Moderate Risk/Other Underlying Conditions

  • Chronic renal (kidney) failure with a eGFR of <44mL/min
  • Heart disease
  • Chronic lung disease
  • Diabetes
  • Severe obesity with a BMI ≥ 40kg/m2
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Some neurological conditions
  • Poorly controlled blood pressure (defined as two or more pharmacologic agents for blood pressure control, regardless of recent readings)
  • Those with Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury

  Disability

• HEALTH & DISABILITY WORKERS/CARERS

  

  Healthcare Workers

  • Individuals employed in the medical profession, including allied health professionals, aged care and disability workers
  • All public and private hospital staff
  • Healthcare workers in private practice
  • Community pharmacy staff
  • Healthcare workers providing in-home and community care, including centre-based care
  • Workforce supporting medical practitioners in a clinical setting, including students on placement
  • Onsite administrative staff in healthcare settings
  • Cleaners, kitchen staff and other ancillary staff in healthcare settings

  Carers and disability settings

  • Essential carers (paid and unpaid) including carers who are also family members of someone with disability or an elderly person
  • Disability support volunteers who provide support to people in their homes, respite care, educational, employment and leisure settings
  • People with a disability attending centre-based services (e.g. day programs, supported employment)

• CRITICAL & HIGH RISK WORKERS

  

  Critical/High Risk Workers

  • Emergency services personnel, including frontline police officers, fire and rescue personnel, corrective services officers
  • Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service volunteers
  • Active Australian Defence Force personnel
  • Australian Government officials about to be deployed or currently deployed overseas on official government business
  • Workers involved in manufacture of AstraZeneca vaccine and distribution/delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
  • Workers at licensed meat processing businesses

  Licensed meat processing workers

  • Workers directly involved in the manufacturing and distribution process, where the work is in a cold environment and workers are unable to maintain physical distancing requirements;

  1. Abattoir workers, including attending veterinarians
  2. Workers in boning rooms
  3. Smallgoods manufacturers
  4. Cold chain transport workforce
  5. Seafood processing

• ABORIGINAL & TSI OVER 55

  

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 55
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged under 55 who meet other phase 1b criteria, i.e. underlying medical condition, health care worker, critical or high risk worker

Please book an appointment with our friendly GPs to discuss eligibility and related information.

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