Blayney's vaccination rate is already spectacular and it's going to become even better after this Thursday when the Australian Defence Force partners with the Western NSW Local Health District to open their first pop-up clinic in Blayney.
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The clinic will run from Thursday 7th of October through to Saturday October 9 from 10am to 3pm and will be open to residents 12 and over.
We need to be in the best possible position for when the state reopens on October 11.
- Andrew Gee
Blayney shire is sitting at over 93 per cent having received their first dose and Health Service Manager at the Blayney Multipurpose Service Kathy Hillier is keen to see those number reach even higher with over 60's now able to access the Pfizer vaccine.
"There has been some reluctance because of the worries about AstraZeneca so hopefully after this clinic we'll see numbers hit the 100 per cent mark," she said.
Blayney mayor Scott Ferguson is encouraging high school students to roll up their sleeves and line up for their shots and emphasised the importance of young people bringing a parent or guardian and their Medicare card when they arrive at the walk-in clinic.
"We're encouraging them to turn up with their parents or guardians and take the opportunity to get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine," he said.
"Also I encourage all those other people in the community who may have been too busy or couldn't travel to get their vaccinations to come to the community centre during the clinic opening time."
Member for Calare Andrew Gee said that the ADF clinics have turbo charged vaccination rates across the central west.
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"Our vaccination rates out here are extraordinary," he said. "But we need to keep the momentum going and that's what these clinics are all about."
"We need to be in the best possible position for when the state reopens on October 11."
CLINIC DETAILS: Opening hours are 10am-3pm
No bookings are needed for first doses.
- Pfizer vaccine will be available at this clinic for those aged 12 years and over.
- Anyone aged 12-15yrs - MUST BE accompanied by their parent, guardian or nominated carer.
- We encourage students to take up this opportunity ahead of the return to face-to-face learning.
- Those attending will need to bring a form of identification and where able, their Medicare card.
- The queue may be long, so we encourage people to come prepared with food, drink, perhaps a portable chair, a hat & sunscreen.
- Second dose clinics will be scheduled.
People MUST NOT ATTEND the clinic if they:
- Are waiting on a COVID-19 test result (unless this was a surveillance test only and the person is not unwell).
- Are a CONFIRMED close contact of a CONFIRMED positive COVID-19 case.
- Are unwell. Anyone with COVID symptoms should get tested & isolate until they receive a negative test result.
- Have had ANY other vaccination (including flu) in the previous seven days.
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Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
