How thousands of young Sydneysiders can get a Pfizer vaccine appointment THIS WEEK and you don’t have to live in the hotspot LGAs – here’s how to book your jab and get out of lockdown
- Vaccine appointments are now available immediately to more Sydneysiders
- Previously priority Pfizer jabs were on offer to those living in the 12 hotspot LGAs
- But now bookings can be made if you live across swathes of inner-Sydney
- This includes Glebe, Broadway, Camperdown, Drummoyne and Leichhardt
- Appointments are available every day this week at several vaccine centres
Thousands of Sydneysiders can now book an appointment for Pfizer coronavirus vaccines, with appointments available immediately.
Priority jab appointments have been offered to those living in the 12 LGAs of concern for several weeks, but that has since been expanded to anyone living in the Sydney Local Health District.
This includes postcodes all across the inner west, including Glebe, Leichhardt, Broadway, Camperdown, Drummoyne and Darling Harbour.
It comes as New South Wales’ incredible vaccination rates rival even the busiest weeks at the start of the US and UK’s rollout.
Previously priority Pfizer jabs were on offer to those living in the 12 hotspot LGAs, but now those living in Sydney’s highly-populated inner-west can also book in (pictured, the Sydney Olympic Park vaccination hub on Monday)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed NSW to end lockdown once 70-80 per cent of the NSW population is vaccinated, regardless of case numbers (pictured, woman at Maroubra Beach on Monday)
Late on Monday night, spots were available all throughout the week to those living in the 12 LGAs of concern and also anyone who lives in the Sydney Local Health District
Scott Morrison last week announced the rollout would now include everyone over the age of 16, but with limited vaccines available, appointments have been hard to come by.
But with the highly-populated Sydney Local Health District now also included, appointments for thousands are available as soon as Tuesday.
This includes appointments at Sydney’s Olympic Park, the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney Airport.
General availability, for those not living in the Sydney LHD or the 12 LGAs of concern, is still limited – with the first appointment not being until October 9 at Sydney’s Olympic Park and no bookings whatsoever at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The limited access has reignited calls for young Sydneysiders to go out and get the AstraZeneca vaccine, of which Australia has abundant doses.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed NSW to end lockdown once 70-80 per cent of the NSW population is vaccinated, regardless of case numbers.
He has also urged Australians to get the first vaccine they can to protect themselves as well as their families and communities, helping to lift us all out of an endless cycle of lockdowns.
Sydneysiders have been promised an end to brutal lockdowns when the NSW vaccination rate hits 70 per cent (pictured, a woman with her dog in front of the Opera House on Monday)
Appointments are available every day this week at several vaccine centres (pictured, workers at Sydney’s Olympic Park vaccination centre on Monday)
It comes as New South Wales’ incredible vaccination rates rival even the busiest weeks at the start of the US and UK’s rollout (pictured, a woman is jabbed in Dubbo)
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has pledged lockdown will end somewhere between 70 and 80 per cent vaccination, even as the outbreak continues to grow.
The influx of appointments comes as the US Food and Drug Administration finally granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for those aged 16 and older.
The two-dose immunization was the first to receive emergency use authorisation from federal regulators in December 2020 and will now be first to be licensed.
Full approval by the FDA could push more Americans to get the Covid-19 vaccine because it might reduce their fears about the safety of the shot, opening up similar approvals overseas.
It may also lead to more vaccine mandates with businesses feeling more comfortable requiring workers to get a jab that has full authorisation.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has pledged lockdown will end somewhere between 70 and 80 per cent vaccination, even as the outbreak continues to grow (pictured, walkers on the Bennelong Bridge on Monday night)
Scott Morrison last week announced the rollout would now include everyone over the age of 16, but with limited vaccines available, appointments have been hard to come by (pictured, queues at the Homebush vaccine hub on Monday)