General news

It was fabulous to see all the joy in people at the end of lockdown in Melbourne. Our city friends have endured onerous restrictions for so long and many will never recover from the hardships that the lockdown caused. Overall their (and our) adherence to the rules have bought us time, allowing vaccinations to reach…

On Tuesday 26th October (tomorrow week) we are opening up a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination session from 2pm at the Toora Medical Centre Hopefully this will enable those for whom transport is difficult to be vaccinated closer to home It will be open for either first or second doses To make an appointment, please ring the…

The heading to last weeks article referred to the quiet optimism surrounding the opening up again of lockdown (as well as to the increase in warm weather and daylight savings!) We all feel that and yet there is also a growing apprehension in medical institutions like hospitals and medical centres that we are about to…

We have had a number of people ask for this. To be very clear. Foster Medical Centre will NOT be writing certificates for medical exemptions except in the extraordinarily rare circumstances listed in https://www.health.gov.au/…/atagi-expanded-guidance-on… These are safe and effective vaccines. There are very, very few people who are medically exempt.

This is a question we (and our receptionists in particular) are getting bombarded with. The answer is to go to your myGov account or set up an Express Plus Medicare app. The link https://www.health.gov.au/…/covid-19-vaccines/certificates will help you navigate this. This next link https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/…/how-get-proof will help get proof online and answer questions like what to do…

The cases in Traralgon and subsequent lockdown there illustrate again how difficult it is to contain the delta variant. It is only a matter of time before it is amongst us and could be already…(the difficulty in writing an article days before it is out!). Certainly the daily numbers seem large and yet the case…

We have received lots of questions regarding Pfizer for over 60s. Under Victorian eligibility criteria, we are now allowed to vaccinate people over the age of 60 that have specific chronic health conditions with Pfizer. To check whether you qualify go to www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/covid-19-vaccines-people-60-years-and-over-medical-conditions Then call our clinic for an appointment.

by Dr Ruyu Yao It is Sunday afternoon. On the television the Premier has just announced an ‘out of lockdown roadmap’. Audacious or over-cautious depending on one’s viewpoint, it offers hope of returning to some normality, and a chance for businesses to regain vitality. We look forward to the day that we can make plans…

Ring clinic after 0830 on Saturday and get a same day shot! Our program has been going so successfully that we intend to wind back the Saturdays over the next month or so, and continuing weekday vaccination clinics. Reminder all over 12yos now eligible for vaccination.

We have plenty of appointments and stock available for Pfizer (and AZ) vaccinations this week. Ring the medical centre on Monday to book an appointment as wait-time at present under a week. Reminder-everyone over the age of 12 now eligible.