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.

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…