Please see below an important Public Health Alert from the Department of Health. The Department of Health have released the next update of the COVID-19 vaccination roll out. Phase 1b commenced yesterday and applies to the following people:
🔹 Healthcare workers currently employed and not included in Phase 1a - this includes all workers who provide in-home and community support; and workers who regularly engage face to face with a person with disability who is eligible under Phase 1a and Phase 1b;
🔹 Critical and high risk workers currently employed;
🔹 People 70 years and over;
🔹 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 55 years and over;
🔹 People 18 years and over with an underlying medical condition, including disability.
For additional information on phase 1b including eligibility criteria and where to get your vaccination, please refer to the below publications from www.health.gov.au