A new vaccination focus, ‘Keeping Culture Safe and Strong’, provides more opportunities for Aboriginal people to protect themselves and their communities by getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
The vaccination program, starting Monday 22 November, will run for five weeks and across Western Australia in urban, regional and remote communities.
A range of intensified in-reach programs based on bringing the vaccine directly to communities will be used as part of the vaccination focus, to make it more convenient for people to receive the vaccine. This includes house-to-house visits and in-reach for hospital inpatients and outpatients.
The focus follows significant community engagement over past months with Vaccine Commander Chris Dawson and Aboriginal advisers to further encourage COVID-19 vaccinations in Aboriginal communities.
Local leaders including health staff, local police, shires and Aboriginal-led organisations will also be yarning to community members during the vaccination focus to help them access a COVID-19 vaccination.
Western Australians can walk in to any state-run community clinic without an appointment during opening hours to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
For more information, visit Roll up for WA (external link).
