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Victoria reveals nine coronavirus vaccination hubs. Here s what we know so far about the national rollout
By Hilary Whiteman
WedWednesday 3
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Australia is waiting for the arrival of the first Pfizer vaccines.
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Major hospitals across Australia are gearing up to deliver the first doses of coronavirus vaccine, which are expected to arrive in the country within weeks.
It s an exciting time for health workers who have spent the past year either treating coronavirus patients or preparing for a potential influx of cases.
On Wednesday, Victoria became the latest state to reveal the location of its vaccination hubs nine major hospitals in metro and regional areas.
Nine hubs will be established across Victorian public hospitals to store and distribute the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine as the state government prepares for an expected roll out of late February.
The nine hubs set up across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will be at the following hospitals: Western Health, Austin Health, Monash Health, Goulburn Valley Health, Barwon Health, Latrobe Health, Bendigo Health, Ballarat Health and Albury-Wodonga Health.
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A nurse prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the new coronavirus to be injected at the Andras Josa Teaching Hospital in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. (AP) We will distribute it from those nine hubs to the priority workforce and the priority groups identified by the prime minister earlier this week, Health Minister Martin Foley said.