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After more than 29,000 cases and 909 deaths, the federal government has promised the Australian adult population will be vaccinated against COVID-19 at hospitals, specialist hubs, GP clinics and chemists by the end of October.
In an undertaking described by Department of Health secretary Brendan Murphy as âthe most complex logistical exercise that perhaps weâve done in public health in this countryâ, the federal government is leading state and territory health departments in a mammoth inoculation operation.
What does Australiaâs vaccination timeline look like? And where will you get yours? Here is what we know so far.
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Subscriber only Northern Rivers and Clarence Valley people first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine will have to travel to get their jabs. According to information released by NSW Health, the first round of vaccinations will be delivered by a series of hubs based at hospitals across the state. For northern NSW residents, that means a trip to Coffs Harbour hospital, which is the only hospital north of Newcastle set to deliver the first stage of the vaccine rollout. It is part of what is called Phase 1a of the vaccine roll out, which due to the limited doses of the vaccine available in Australia in the first few months will be restricted to these hubs. The other hubs will be located at RPA, Westmead and Liverpool hospitals, followed by Hornsby, St George, Nepean, Newcastle, Wollongong, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga hospitals.
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A national quarantine bubble for boarding school students has been proposed as expats have told of their anguish at sending their children back to Australia to undergo hotel quarantine unaccompanied before school begins.
The Sydney Morning H
eraldrevealed this week that NSW Health has overhauled its policies so that unaccompanied minors returning to Australia must go into hotel quarantine rather than self-isolate at a private residence, due to the risk posed by new mutant strains of COVID-19.
Boarding students from St Ignatius College in Riverview are being sent care packages in quarantine.
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NSW Health strongly encourages parents or guardians to voluntarily complete hotel quarantine with the children but that is not an option for many expats who live overseas and send their children to boarding school in Australia.