Well today is the day....Monday 22 February 2021.
Australian Department of Health, media release excerpt, 18 February 2021:
Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program will commence from next week. People in priority groups who are most at risk and who need protection the most – will receive a vaccine first.
The rollout will begin with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and following the approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on Tuesday, will include the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine from early March.
The initial priority groups include aged care and disability care residents and workers, frontline healthcare workers, and quarantine and border workers.
A full list of the initial national rollout towns can be found at
This is a list of the 41 NSW towns which will be part of the initial rollout of the national vaccination program:
Alstonville, Austral, Ballina, Bangor, Barden Ridge, Blacktown, Collaroy, Collaroy Plateau, Corrimal, Cronulla, Dean Park, Emu Plains, Engadine, Glenfield, Gosford West, Heathcote, Illawong, Jamisontown, Marayong, Minto, Mortdale, Mount Austin, Narrabeen, Orange, Peakhurst, Penrith, Penshurst, Point Clare, Port Macquarie, Prestons, Roseland, Springwood, Stanwell Park, Tarrawanna, Terrey Hills, Thirroul, Umina Beach, Wagga Wagga, Warriewood, Woonona, Woy Woy.
This is Prime Minister #ScottyFromPhotoOps getting one of the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injections one day ahead of official national vaccination program rollout and, I kid you not, he applauded himself afterwards accompanied by clapping from Health Minister Hunt & others pic.twitter.com/xHl6e9CTD4
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