Covid-19 vaccine bookings have rebounded despite widespread publicity of blood clotting side-effects, a Keysborough clinic has reported.
As of 10 May, there have been 11 Australian cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia linked to the Astrazeneca vaccine.
The innoculation is still considered low-risk, particularly for over-50’s and considering 1.4 million doses have been injected.
Keys Medical Centre in Keysborough reported vaccine recipients plummeted to a handful a day after news of the first clotting cases in Australia.
Clinic manager Riekie Jooste said numbers have restored to a “fully booked” 100 a week since over-50s became eligible.
Out of about 400 patients, two have reported mild complications such as joint aches.
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Today marks a major milestone in Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout as the biggest cohort so far in the population becomes eligible for their first and second doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
If you’re a Victorian, here’s everything you need to know about vaccines available today.
Who can get it?
Leigh Henningham gives the thumb’s up at the mass vaccination site at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Before today, only Australians in category 1a and 1b were able to get vaccinated. That included quarantine and border workers, healthcare staff, those working in aged care and disability care settings, aged care and disability care residents, household contacts of quarantine and border workers, all people over age 70, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and over, and any adults with an underlying medical condition or significant disability.