Sydney man tells shocking story of travelling to receive a Covid-19 vaccine only to be turned away

A Sydney man claims he drove 80km from his home to receive a Covid vaccine – only to be turned away and refused the jab.

Edmond Dantes, from Dee Why in Sydney’s northern beaches, said he made a booking for a shot at Coast and Country Primary Care in Erina, on the Central Coast.

Due to his family history of blood clots, Mr Dantes searched high and low for a rare appointment to get the Pfizer jab instead of AstraZeneca.

He found one at the community health practice at 11.50am last Friday.

A Sydney man has been refused to be vaccinated by a Central Coast health practice after travelling to get the Pfizer jab (pictured, Coast and Country Primary Care in Erina)

Sydney residents are not allowed to leave the metro area during lockdown, but can go a reasonable distance to get vaccinated.

But Mr Dantes claimed staff told him he was breaking the law and asked to leave as soon as he told the receptionist his address.

‘After a few minutes she came out and asked why I was in that area for the vaccine and I explained it was the only place it was available,’ he wrote on Facebook.

‘She then told me I was breaking the law and would have to leave.’

Mr Dantes claimed he was then escorted by security to the front gate, and asked him to leave.

Confused and angry, he called the Covid Helpline, and was again told he had every right to be there to get vaccinated.

But upon returning to the clinic, security told him he needed a travel pass.

Mr Dantes said he then called to get a pass from Service NSW, which again reassured him he didn’t need one to get a vaccine, but would issue him one anyway.

‘However, when she went to generate a pass she found she could not even select medical reasons since the passes were for work and the like,’ he wrote.

‘She was happy to speak to the clinic so I went back in and was told no one would speak to Service NSW (who were on hold and heard the whole conversation).

Mr Dantes was searching for a Pfizer vaccine as his family has a history of blood clots, and the only place he could get the jab was at the Central Coast practice (pictured, a nurse administers a Pfizer jab)

Mr Dantes was searching for a Pfizer vaccine as his family has a history of blood clots, and the only place he could get the jab was at the Central Coast practice (pictured, a nurse administers a Pfizer jab)

‘I was also told I was doing the wrong thing and police would be called.’

After explaining to the security guard that he had not been aggressive and that he was doing nothing wrong, the guard then went to get a worker to speak to the Service NSW representative.

Mr Dantes was then informed that ‘local police has advised them not to vaccinate me’.

‘Upon hearing this I called Gosford Police Station and the police officer said he believed I was breaking no rules and I was entitled to be vaccinated,’ he said.

‘[But] he also stated as it is a private clinic there was no way for them to do much about it.

‘At this point I left the clinic. I was left without a vaccine.’

NSW hit a major vaccination milestone on Sunday, reaching 40 per cent of the population with both jabs (pictured, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday)

NSW hit a major vaccination milestone on Sunday, reaching 40 per cent of the population with both jabs (pictured, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday)

Mr Dantes conceded he was sharing the incident hoping someone would be held accountable for the incident.

‘This is scary. The trip I took today is the biggest risk of exposure I have had in months and it has all been for nothing,’ he wrote.

NSW Health and Coast and Country Primary Care were contacted for comment.

NSW recorded 1,281 new positive cases on Monday, but passed a significant vaccination milestone only a day earlier.

Forty per cent of residents aged 16 and over in NSW are now fully vaccinated, and at least 73 per cent have had at least one dose.

The death toll for the current NSW outbreak, which began on June 16, now stands at 126.

NSW recorded 1,281 new positive cases on Covid-19 and 5 deaths on Monday as case numbers continue to grow

NSW recorded 1,281 new positive cases on Covid-19 and 5 deaths on Monday as case numbers continue to grow

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the outbreak would finally peak next week.

She expected numbers to rise until then, and more pressure to be placed on intensive care units based on modelling provided by health experts.  

University of Melbourne epidemiologist Tony Blakely warned daily case numbers could hit 3,000 before peaking.

‘They’re heading to, you know, a couple of thousand, maybe 3,000 cases before the vaccine dose catches up with them,’ he said. ‘Possibly more, depending on how they go.’

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