Tara Murray
Brimbank residents and those from neighbouring municipalities continue to turn out in force for COVID-19 vaccinations, with Western Health’s two clinics vaccinating more than 14,000 people in four days.
In the four days to last Thursday, 8157 people were vaccinated at the Sunshine Hospital, while 6484 people were vaccinated at the Showgrounds.
Both locations are taking bookings for the AstraZeneca and Pzifer vaccines, with the roll-out last week extending to include those aged between 40 and 49.
The Showgrounds was also one of the locations for the priority vaccine roll-out for aged care and disability care workers, which was set to end on Sunday.
Acting Premier James Merlino said on Friday morning that demand for the vaccines is exceeding demand.
He said he had requested that the federal government provide double the doses of the to the GP network, and had also requested an additional 100,000 Pfizer doses for the middle of this month.
It comes as a western suburbs GP practice starting administer the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine.
The Altona North Respiratory Clinic was expected to vaccinate 120 people with Pfizer on Thursday.
The Altona North clinic’s partner and Australian Medical Association state council chairman, Mukesh Haikerwal, said the pilot aimed to empower more GPs to administer vaccines closer to home.
Details on the Western Health roll-out: covid-19vaccination.wh.org.au
