Eligible Gunnedah residents to receive COVID-19 vaccinations after they arrive as part of phase 1B

North West Family Medical are in the process of developing their rollout strategy, while Barber Street Practice has started contacting eligible patients from their database.

A mobile respiratory clinic will also be providing vaccinations for residents from Gunnedah, Boggabri, Wee Waa and Narrabri.

Elderly adults aged 70 and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 and over, younger adults with an underlying medical condition including those with a disability, critical and high risk workers including those in the defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing industries, and health care workers not included in phase 1A will receive the jab.

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However, the order of the rollout has not been as clear-cut as first expected, with frontline health staff in Gunnedah yet to be vaccinated as part of phase 1A.

The process is not expected to be quick despite the best efforts of local health staff, with Barber Street Practice revealing they have only been allocated 100 vaccines per week.

In Tamworth, The Belmore Surgery; My GP Tamworth; Peel Health Care; Windmill Practice; and Tamworth Respiratory Clinic will have stores of the shots.

People will still need to be tested for COVID-19 after they have been vaccinated if they are experiences any cold or flu symptoms.

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