Eve Lamb
Local children aged 5-11 have turned out in number to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine jabs as the number of officially recorded COVID cases ballooned in Mount Alexander and surrounding municipalities this week.
Children as young as five rolled up their sleeves as Castlemaine Health’s on-site clinic got down to business on Wednesday this week, administering first jabs for the younger age-group.
“It was good – a bit stingy,” is the way young Harlow Sanson, 9, described receiving his first shot.
The Taradale nine-year-old was among the first 50 children in his age group to get their first dose of the vaccine on Day One at the Castlemaine Health clinic set up especially for the younger age group.
Australian children aged five to 11 this week became eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with parents rushing to book appointments before the school year returns.
“I was nervous but excited,” said Harlow summing up how he felt while waiting to receive the injection.
With children like Harlow now required to wait eight weeks before they get their second shot of the vaccine, Harlow’s father Alex Sanson said delaying the start of the school year to enable all young students to be vaccinated might be a wise move.
Term one is scheduled to start for students on January 31 – about the time that Victoria’s current rate of infection is forecast to peak. Read more in today’s Mail…