Covid vaccine rates in Cairns, Far North Qld

Cairns has finally cracked the 90 per cent fully vaccinated rate. Here is everything you need to know about the Far North’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout and how Australia is tracking overall.

Here is everything you need to know about the Far North’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout and how Australia is tracking overall.

Cairns has well and truly met the 90 per cent fully vaccinated target, with 91.1 per cent of residents in the local government area now double-jabbed against Covid as of January 10. 

Statewide, 88.72 per cent of residents are now fully vaccinated with 91.59 per cent of residents having had at least one dose.

Health authorities are also urging eligible residents to book their booster shot as cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant soar across the state in the wake of the Queensland border opening.

 

The vaccination hub at the Cairns Convention Centre. Picture: Brendan Radke

Cases have spiked in the Far North, with the virus now confirmed in Yarrabah and multiple communities across Cape York and the Torres Strait.

"Covid is likely to affect you and your family in the coming weeks," the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service has advised. 

"Please keep doing the right thing: get tested as soon as you develop any symptoms, even if mild; continue wearing your mask; check-in wherever you go; wash your hands regularly; (and) get vaccinated."

The vaccination hub at the Cairns Convention Centre has reopened to allow Far Northerners to get their jabs and booster shots. 

Unvaccinated patrons remain banned from a range of venues including pubs, cafes and restaurants due to rules which came into effect on December 17. 

LATEST FNQ FIGURES

Spotlight on Cairns

As of January 3, 88.9% of Cairns residents are fully vaccinated against Covid.

CITY BREAKDOWN

Cairns North

% received dose one: 92.8

% received dose two: 90

Cairns South 

% received dose one: >95

% received dose two: 90.5

Far North vaccination rates

Covid-19 vaccination rates by local government area, as of January 10, 2022

 

CAIRNS

Population (15 and over): 133,038

% received dose one: 94.1

% received dose two: 90.1

 

CASSOWARY COAST

Population (15 and over): 24,343

% received dose one: 91.9

% received dose two: 86.9

 

DOUGLAS SHIRE

Population (15 and over): 10,354

% received dose one: 90.2

% received dose two: 87.2

 

MAREEBA 

Population (15 and over): 18,704

% received dose one: 83.7

% received dose two: 77.9

 

TABLELANDS

Population (15 and over): 20,959

% received dose one: 90.6

% received dose two: 86.1

 

YARRABAH

Population (15 and over): 1919

% received dose one: 75.5

% received dose two: 64.7

 

Source: health.gov.au

Cape York data not available

In the Cape and Torres Strait, more than 33,000 Covid vaccine doses have been administered.

According to the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, as of January 14, 77% of the eligible population has been fully vaccinated, including and 89% had at least one dose.

As of January 16, the region had 222 active cases:

• Weipa – 53
• Thursday Island – 35
• Lakeland – 4
• Cooktown – 34
• Coen - 4
• Bamaga – 24
• Rossville – 2
• Wujal Wujal – 4
• Lockhart River – 23
• Horn Island – 6
• Hope Vale – 6
• Bloomfield – 1
• Masig (Yorke) Island – 2
• Badu Island – 9
• Warraber Island - 1
• Skardon River – 1
• Injinoo – 1
• Aurukun – 5
• Pormpuraaw – 1
• Napranum – 4
• Kubin Community, Moa Island – 1
• Erub (Darnley) Island – 1

WHERE YOU CAN GET VACCINATED

VACCINES EXPLAINED

Meanwhile, the Moderna vaccine has started to be rolled out in schools across the region. Here’s what we know about the vaccine.

COMPANIES REQUIRING VACCINATION

HOW AUSTRALIA COMPARES

Originally published as Covid vaccine rates in Cairns, Far North Qld