COVID vaccines will be available at more than 100 Commonwealth clinics that ‘will take all comers’, Greg Hunt says

Bookings are now underway for over 70s and others in high-risk groups to receive their COVID-19 vaccines, and most will be done through traditional GP clinics.

But the government is also opening more than 100 clinics that will be capable of delivering an average of 1,000 vaccinations each, per week.

The extra clinics will ease pressure on GPs and give more options to people who do not have access to Medicare.

COVID vaccines aren’t just available from GPs

The federal government has released a list of more than 1,000 GP clinics that are available to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in phase 1B — even if the list caught some practices by surprise.

But the list also includes more than 100 Commonwealth clinics, which were set up in the weeks…