Temporary clinics and a campaign blitz form phase 1b of the NT’s coronavirus vaccine rollout

One year and one day after its first case of coronavirus was diagnosed, the Northern Territory has released more details about the next phase of the ambitious vaccine rollout.

Phase 1b will immunise elderly adults, Indigenous Australians aged 55 and over, some adults with medical conditions and critical or high-risk workers not vaccinated in phase 1a.

And we now have a date for when it will begin in the NT — March 22.

Here’s what else we learned.

Who will deliver the jab?

The second phase of the rollout will expand on phase 1a — which took place at a small number of vaccine hubs — to include 25 GP clinics and 13 Aboriginal community-controlled health centres across the NT.

Speaking at a press conference today, Chief Minister Michael…