Harbour Healthcare is authorised to administer Covid-19 vaccinations
in the workplace as part of the Department of Health’s National Vaccine Administration Partners Program (VAPP).
Latest ATAGI booster dose recommendations:
ATAGI recommends a 2024 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for adults in the following groups, if their last COVID-19 vaccine dose or confirmed infection (whichever is the most recent) was 6 months ago or longer, and regardless of the number of prior doses received:
Adults aged 75 years and older:
One dose every 6 months is recommended.
Adults aged 65-74 years:
One dose every 12 months is recommended and eligible for a dose every 6 months.
Adults aged 18-64 years:
- Without severe immunocompromise – Eligible for a dose every 12 months
- With severe immunocompromise – one dose every 12 months is recommended and eligible for a dose every 6 months.
Children 5 to 17 years:
- Without severe immunocompromise – Vaccination not recommended.
- With severe immunocompromise – Eligible for a dose every 12 months.
Children below 5 years: Vaccination not recommended.
How the clinics will work:
The clinics are more extensive than the flu clinics and will consist of two nurse immunisers and in some larger clinics an administrative assistant. Each appointment will be approximately 5 minutes in duration and all individuals will be required to wait for 15 minutes after the vaccination. Harbour Healthcare uses an on-line booking system (very similar to flu) and individuals are required to complete an online consent form as part of the booking process. All individuals who receive a Covid-19 vaccine will have their vaccine details automatically uploaded into AIR (The Australian Immunisation Register) which will allow them to view their vaccination records in MyGov.
FAQs
For common questions around COVID-19 vaccine booster doses:
