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Community pharmacies to participate in coronavirus vaccine rollout from Phase 2a
Australians were expected to have the option of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine from their local pharmacy as early as May, with community pharmacies asked to help administer shots during the second phase of the national rollout.
Key points:
- The Federal Government will send out expressions of interest to community pharmacies from Monday
- All health workers involved in the vaccinations are to take part in training
- Mr Hunt said the national vaccine rollout was still on track to begin in February
From Monday, the Federal Government will begin an expression of interest process, inviting Australia’s 5,800 community pharmacies to take part in Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Program, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced at a press conference on…
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