First COVID-19 vaccines administered in NT as national rollout gets underway

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The coronavirus vaccine rollout has begun in the Northern Territory, with at-risk frontline workers receiving their first doses of the Pfizer shot in Darwin.

The NT Government estimates 800 frontline workers will be fully vaccinated in four weeks timeHealth Minister Natasha Fyles is urging all Territorians to get vaccinated when they can

"It was fine. It didn't hurt at all. A very straightforward process — the staff in there have got it down pat," Erica Bleakley, a quarantine worker who received one of the first shots, said."So knowing that we're protected from catching it ourselves, but also we're less likely to be spreading it throughout our community, is really important for us."

The first shipment of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine arrived in Darwin yesterday, with a second arriving in Central Australia today.

 

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