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Tasmania’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout underway with aged care residents among the first in line
Aged care residents in Tasmania’s north and north-west have received some of the first coronavirus vaccinations in the country.
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The jabs were rolled out in 12 Tasmanian towns and suburbs, including Newstead, Legana, Newnham in the north and Burnie, Penguin, Ulverstone and Wynyard in the north-west.
While the federal government is in charge of vaccinations at aged care and disability residential care facilities, the state government will oversee voluntary vaccinations for the general population.
Shirley Corbett, a resident at Eliza Purton Home in Ulverstone, is believed to be the first Tasmanian to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
Ms Corbett said she had no hesitations, saying “someone’s got to be first”.
“It’s pretty good to…
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