Those aged 16 to 39 living in the 12 Local Government Areas (LGA) of concern will be given priority access to the Pfizer vaccine at a number of NSW Health clinics from today.
NSW Health’s vaccination clinics have ramped up their capacity to deliver the additional 530,000 doses provided by the Commonwealth Government to this priority group over the next two-and-a-half weeks
“We know there are several hundred thousand people in these LGAs who are unvaccinated in this age group, and this is a great opportunity for them to come forward and get their jab,” NSW Health Deputy Secretary Susan Pearce said.
Increasing the number of people who are vaccinated, even with their first dose, not only protects people from serious illness and death but also reduces the likelihood someone will acquire and spread the virus.
Clinical evidence shows a significant reduction in transmission of COVID-19 following vaccination. The likelihood of household transmission was reduced by about 50 per cent three to four weeks following vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccination gives you around 90 per cent protection against hospitalisation and death from COVID-19 if you are infected.
“We’re doing everything we can to get doses into arms and I’d like to thank our local health districts for their mammoth effort,” Mrs Pearce said.
Book an appointment at: nsw.gov.au.
Bookings are essential and both doses must be booked at the same clinic:
- Bankstown Vaccination clinic: Bankstown PCYC, Cnr French Avenue &, Meredith Street
- Liverpool Vaccination clinic: Ngara Education Centre, (via Governor Macquarie Drive), 52 Scrivener Street , Warwick Farm
- NSW Health Vaccination Centre, Sydney Olympic Park: 1 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park
- Qudos Bank Arena NSW Health Vaccination Centre: 19 Edwin Flack Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park
- South Western Sydney Vaccination Centre: Glenquarie Town Centre, Corner Victoria Road and Brooks Street, Macquarie Fields
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