Doctors urge people to get Covid-19 jab after rise in 'vaccine no shows' - The Australian

A large portion of Victorians who have booked a Covid-19 jab are not showing up for their appointment, slowing down the country’s vaccine rollout, according to an emergency physician.

The rollout has seen 10.1 million doses administered so far, with about 10.9 per cent of the eligible population aged over 16 fully vaccinated with two doses.

“The changes in messaging about vaccine safety has brought about considerable confusion and distress in much of the population – almost every person can name the rare complication associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine but they can’t tell you the mortality rate is one in a million.

Almost 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Australia overnight.

“Now we’ve got this arrival overnight of a million doses of Pfizer.

Anyone who is aged below 40 and has an underlying health condition, or who care-gives for someone who is eligible to receive the vaccine, can book a Pfizer jab but must have medical clearance from a GP.

ATAGI recommends the Pfizer vaccine as the preferred vaccine for those aged 16 to 59 years.

Those aged above 59 can only receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.

1:20 AMAnthony PiovesanPeople in one state are not showing up for their vaccine appointments, prompting urgent reminders that getting the Covid-19 jab is the ‘only way out of this nightmare’.