The Department of Health has announced that WA residents aged 30-to-49 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
In a statement, the Department said it was fast tracking the rollout of the vaccination program.
“Those aged between 30 and 49 will receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at State-run clinics, and people aged 50 and over will continue to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine,” the Department said.
“In line with a decision made at National Cabinet, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 16 and over are also now eligible to be vaccinated.”
It said that by the end of the month, more than 30,000 vaccination appointments would be available each week at the four State-run clinics in the metropolitan area, with additional clinics to come online as the take-up increases.
“Vaccination clinics in regional areas will also be offering both types of vaccine,” the Department said.
The first regional COVID-19 community vaccination clinic opens in Bunbury today (10 June).
Premier, Mark McGowan said it was not that long ago that we all wished for a vaccine to help us out of this pandemic.
“With more doses now becoming available, Western Australia can get on with it and get vaccinated,” Mr McGowan said.
“We’ve opened up the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to a broader group of people in an effort to build momentum and get more people vaccinated.”
He said the expanded rollout would mean State-run clinics would be extra busy, so he asked people to be patient while the clinics ramped up.
