The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[MEL_Traveller]

Is it not hard to make a definitive judgement after just one week? It’s sort of like judging performance in a footy match a minute or two after the opening bounce.

I notice the linked information about the number of vaccines that were delivered to all states ... but when were they delivered? All states on same day, some a small amount first and then more later ? A delivery on 22nd is different to one on 28th. Who knows!

Fair point, although on the news tonight they said only 100 people were vaccinated yesterday, Sunday, in Victoria. That seems very slow. (This was supposedly health care workers in a hospital, so they should have been able to do a lot more.)

I don't know about other states, but getting a covid test in Victoria takes forever... three check of your ID before you even get the swab. That seems very inefficient. I wonder if the same inefficiency is creeping in to the vaccination program? Or whether the delays are actually legit?

 

[RooFlyer]

All states on same day, some a small amount first and then more later ?

States will only get multiples of full trays of vials. NSW got 12 trays, VIC 11, Tas, ACT and NT 1 tray each. All the states received their initial State supplies on Sunday 21st, except Tas which got it flown in on the Monday. I know because it was pointedly commented on in the media here.

From today's Oz:

Queensland and Victoria are lagging behind the rest of the nation in administering COVID-19 vaccines as state premiers demand Scott Morrison give more certainty on future doses.

New data from the federal health department shows Victoria administered only 30 per cent of the available doses at state Pfizer hubs to quarantine and hospital workers in the past week, while Queensland — where two people were injected with four times the recommended amount — only administered 22 per cent.

And this, which seems to answer many of the questions here. Note 195 vials per tray, 6 doses per vial = 1170 doses, the Tas, ACT and NT numbers.
EDIT: I see that this is the same table as in the link supplied by HappyFlyerFamily above

 

[RooFlyer]

I was replying to Rooflyer who questioned whether only 1 location was the norm.

Hmmm... not really. I said that Tas received one tray and managed to use it all and ACT and NT probably also go a single tray, with a single vaccination point, hence easier logistics. But no biggie

Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

Not sure why the Feds would not be falling over themselves to facilitate the vaccine rollout in NSW given that NSW has been the 'gold standard' (ScoMo's words) throughout the pandemic in managing cases and keeping the economy going. Well one would assume that the people deciding where does go...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic starting to crank up. Bendigo hub also started yesterday.

 

[Lynda2475]

Yep Tasmania has done great at getting all the doses received out the door. Seems Qld and Vic are the ones struggling most to get their doses out of the cold storage warehouse and into people's arms in the first week.

 

[dajop]

Yep Tasmania has done great at getting all the doses received out the door. Seems Qld and Vic are the ones struggling most to get their doses out of the cold storage warehouse and into people's arms in the first week.

SA are not much ahead of Qld and Vic, but that doesn't fit the narrative (at least of the Australian article that someone linked).

In any event, I've mentioned elsewhere a week into the vaccination program is like being a minute into football match, or perhaps more apt, doing the first 1km of a marathon. A long way to go....

 

[jakeseven7]

So happy we've found another state v state thing for people to fight about.... Anyway this belongs in the vaccine thread....

 

[Pushka]

SA are not much ahead of Qld and Vic, but that doesn't fit the narrative (at least of the Australian article that someone linked).

In any event, I've mentioned elsewhere a week into the vaccination program is like being a minute into football match, or perhaps more apt, doing the first 1km of a marathon. A long way to go....

Agree about SA too. For the amount of grandstanding the Govt here are doing they need to get going. SIL works at a PH in emergency. She completed her paperwork the first day and was told to line up. Only to be told later they wouldn’t accept paper applications anymore and it had to be done online. Just wish the media focus would also pick that up and not just Vic.

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So happy we've found another state v state thing for people to fight about.... Anyway this belongs in the vaccine thread....

Not fighting at all. Just calling out states who talk the talk but don’t walk it. Mine included.

 

[Lynda2475]

Tracking state and federal performance (and underperformance in particular) isn't about rivalry but the ability to have some certainty re domestic borders staying open and Aussies being able to return home.

Andrews wont discuss resuming international arrivals until HQ workers are vaccinated, so needs to get up to speed fast.

People need some assurance that there won't be more lockdowns, border closures and backdated iso in order to reliably plan domestic travel (for business and personal reasons).

Completing 1a asap is the key to more domestic certainty.

 

[dajop]

So happy we've found another state v state thing for people to fight about.... Anyway this belongs in the vaccine thread....

I've got a feeling it's a way of stealthily conducting discussions on some taboo topics. Ultimately it always seems to be Saint Gladys vs Dictator Dan. It is getting tiresome.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

SA are not much ahead of Qld and Vic, but that doesn't fit the narrative (at least of the Australian article that someone linked).

In any event, I've mentioned elsewhere a week into the vaccination program is like being a minute into football match, or perhaps more apt, doing the first 1km of a marathon. A long way to go....

Yes the Feds miscalculated the original allocation of Pfizer doses to Vic as they had under allowed for the number of frontline healthcare workers. After this was pointed out to them the first week doses were increased from 6,000 to 12,000 (12,000 pro-rata wise is still on the low side) in mid-Feb. With the first vaccination to occur on 22 Feb, one week later it is not really that surprising that it just takes a short period of time to crank up to to injecting a higher dose number.

Then add to that they had much earlier announced that they were going to ramp things up progressively anyway. Certainly from what was in the media some time ago not all Victorian hubs and vaccination clinics were to be operational on 22 Feb. ie Bendigo commenced yesterday. So what was announced some time ago was that Vic vaccination numbers were always going to accelerate.

1158 vaccinated yesterday.

I've got a feeling it's a way of stealthily conducting discussions on some taboo topics. Ultimately it always seems to be Saint Gladys vs Dictator Dan. It is getting tiresome.

Not long back it was pointed our by the doctors that Vic's allocation was too low. This was rectified to cries of it being Very very wrong,

Now not long later it is evidently Vic is not vaccinating people quick enough.

So within a very short period it has gone from too many doses going to Vic, to now Vic is not vaccinating quickly enough.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

By Daniel Smith

More than 41,000 vaccine doses administered: Health Minister​

Health Minister Greg Hunt is currently speaking and said Australia had 443,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, in addition to the 300,000 AstraZeneca doses, making the total 733,000 doses that had arrived from overseas.
"In terms of the distribution to the states, I am very pleased to be able to announce that over the current 10-day period, we will make almost 300,000 doses available to the states and that will be the two distributions of Pfizer and one of AstraZeneca.
"The total numbers, to be provided for New South Wales ... ultimately, 86,000 doses for Victoria, 76,000 doses for Queensland... Western Australia 30,000 doses, South Australia 29,000, Tasmania just over 9,000, Northern Territory 3,700, and the ACT 5,100 doses.

"As we speak, as of last night, there had been 41,907 doses administered around the country. That included 13,348 Commonwealth aged care residents at 158 facilities."

(PS the article left out the NSW allocation...not I )

EDIT> Just spotted this with presumably more accurate numbers.
Mr Hunt said NSW would receive 86,000 vaccine doses over the next 10 days, after previously saying the state would be entitled to 80,000 doses. That was in addition to the 14,000 doses already received by NSW last week, the first week of the rollout.

Victoria will receive 76,000 doses, Queensland can expect 56,000, Western Australia will get 30,000 and South Australia will get 29,000.




By Daniel Smith

Aussie-made AstraZeneca production ahead of schedule

More than one million Australian-produced doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine are ready to be released by the end of the month.
Melbourne-based company CSL is manufacturing the vaccine and said its current March timeline was well ahead of schedule.
Christopher Larkins, a senior vice president of manufacturing operations at Sequirus, a subsidiary of CSL, told a Senate committee that when the vaccines were released, they would be assessed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and then by AstraZeneca before being sent out.

Live: Canada advises against giving AstraZeneca vaccine to over 65s as France changes stance to allow it

French authorities change their stance on the AstraZeneca vaccine, one of the jabs to be used in Australia, saying it can now be given to certain people over 65. It comes as Canada alters its advice to recommend against giving the vaccine to that age group. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

 

[RooFlyer]

In any event, I've mentioned elsewhere a week into the vaccination program is like being a minute into football match

Sure, and how much barracking and sometimes booing occurs in the first minute of a footy match? Or, State of Origin is probably a better analogy

 

[Pushka]

SA Health pre vaccination screening and consent form

https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/2dafc82b-d078-4a67-a2d8-26d35350beac/21022.1+COVID+vaccine+consent+form-A4-WEB-secure.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-2dafc82b-d078-4a67-a2d8-26d35350beac-nuJcgDv

 

[dajop]

Sure, and how much barracking and sometimes booing occurs in the first minute of a footy match? Or, State of Origin is probably a better analogy

Given this is AFF, I think a better analogy is perhaps flight related. So here we go ... as of the press quoted above today , if the vaccination effort was a nonstop flight from SYD to LHR, well the plane would have pushed back, but most certainly the safety demonstration video would be still playing. Or if you just count distance and ignore taxiing etc., maybe somewhere over Parramatta

 

[flydoc]

Defence Force to assist with the vaccine rollout. Good call.

ADF called in to assist aged care COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Army doctors and nurses are undergoing training this week before they join the work to immunise aged care residents and workers from next week.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Pushka]

Defence Force to assist with the vaccine rollout. Good call.

ADF called in to assist aged care COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Army doctors and nurses are undergoing training this week before they join the work to immunise aged care residents and workers from next week.

www.theage.com.au

Great move.

This was also just mentioned on ABC and thankfully SA is taking up the offer. They are falling behind and that was admitted just now. Previously they had said all adults would be offered the vaccination by Christmas! Think they did not get or maybe read Hunts memo about October.

 

[DC3]

The government is still counting on one million doses per week being available throughout the country by the end of this month. So, hopefully this is about to get ramped-up.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

I initially thought the article was referring to ADF for (Federal) Health/Aged Care/Diability sector, which was running in the 70s %

But on the basis of Pushka’s note then it seems the ADF offer is for stage 1a across the board.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I initially thought the article was referring to ADF for (Federal) Health/Aged Care/Diability sector, which was running in the 70s %

But on the basis of Pushka’s note then it seems the ADF offer is for stage 1a across the board.

The article did seem to be quite specific though. Plus there are only so many ADF Doctors and Nurses and they presumably will also have other normal demands for medical services as well..


Note that it is also logistic support.

The Australian Defence Force will support the private logistics and healthcare companies already providing vaccines at aged care facilities around the country, with the addition of ADF personnel in logistics teams as well as more security and clerical staff.​

With aged and disability care too, it is also different as it is often vaccination at the facility, rather than the residents going to a hub. So these teams will need to stay on the move and that complicates the process and logistics a lot.