COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available

Myhealth centres have been approved as COVID-19 vaccination centres. If you meet the following criteria under the phase 2a rollout;

• THOSE OVER 40

  

  • People over 40 years
  • People over 60 years

• CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION OVER 16

  

  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

  • NDIS participants aged years 16 and over, and carers of NDIS participants of any age

• 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)
  • NDIS participants aged years 16 and over, and carers of NDIS participants of any age

• 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
  • Quarantine and border workers

  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 16

  

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 16

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

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