'Please vaccinate': GPs

Castlemaine doctors are urging eligible community members to make an appointment to receive their Covid-19 vaccination.
Dr Dominic Blanks of Castlemaine’s Lyttleton Street Medical Clinic said local GPs have seen a disturbing drop in the numbers of people booking for their Covid-19 vaccination clinics in recent weeks and an uptick in vaccine hesitation.
Dr Blanks said local GPs want to reassure community members that the risk of complications from the vaccine is extremely low. However, the benefits are huge. See the Mail for the full story.

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.