1300 more appointments for Covid-19 jabs becoming available today as NT nears milestone

THERE will be 3100 new appointments for Covid-19 vaccines coming online for the Greater Darwin area on Wednesday

More bookings for the Covid-19 jab will become available in the NT today. Picture: Che Chorley

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THERE will be 3100 new appointments for Covid-19 vaccines coming online for the Greater Darwin area on Wednesday.

It comes as the vaccine rollout is reaching a milestone as it nears almost 50 per cent of eligible Territorians receiving their first Covid-19 jab.

To date 46.6 per cent of the eligible population, or 88,841 doses have been used while 50,000 second doses have been administered with 26.64 per cent now fully vaccinated.

This is compared to 16.7 per cent fully vaccinated nationally.

Health Minister Natasha Fyles said the rollout would accelerate with more doses becoming available each week.

“We are working closely with the Commonwealth Government which is delivering 10,000 additional doses to the Northern Territory per week,” she said.

“We were the first to collapse the tranches and open the vaccine up to the entire eligible population and we were the first to make the vaccine available to people over the age of 16.”

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The Darwin Covid-19 Vaccination Centre is scheduled to operate seven days a week from August 9 - providing more flexibility for appointments.

More vaccine appointments are also opening up in Katherine with 1500 appointments now online.

More than 37 per cent of remote Territorians have received their first vaccine dose and 24 per cent have received their second dose.

Vaccine appointments in the Top End can also be booked at Danila Dilba Health Service, the Palmerston GP Super Clinic and at participating GPs and pharmacists.

Priority for Greater Darwin appointments will be given to the following groups based on advice from the Public Health Advisory Group:

- Indigenous Australians

- People aged 30-59 years

- Transport workers

- Pregnant women

- People with a medical condition

- Health, quarantine, aged care, disability, high risk industry and border workers

- People with an exemption to travel overseas.

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