{"id":306733,"date":"2021-10-05T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T01:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=306733"},"modified":"2021-10-05T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:06:57","slug":"free-pfizer-clinic-in-kingaroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/10\/05\/free-pfizer-clinic-in-kingaroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Pfizer Clinic In Kingaroy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_304178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304178\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304178\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210816pfizer-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pfizer vaccinations will be available at the Kingaroy Showgrounds next week (Photo: DDH)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 5, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered next week by Darling Downs Health at the Kingaroy Showgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic will be open to all residents aged 12 and above from 7:30am to 6:30pm on Tuesday to Thursday (October 12-14); and from 7:30am to 11:30am on Friday (October 15).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community from COVID-19 is by receiving a vaccination,\u201d Darling Downs Health spokesperson Michelle Forrest said.<\/p>\n<p>Bookings are preferred and can be made <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaccinebookings.health.qld.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>however walk-ins without an appointment are also welcome.<\/p>\n<p>People should bring along their ID, Medicare card and a pen.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with questions about the vaccine should talk to their doctor or health care worker to get the most up-to-date and correct information.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>As at October 3, vaccination rates in local Council areas still lagged behind Queensland and National rates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg 30.2 per cent first dose; 19 per cent double-vaccinated<\/li>\n<li>Gympie 63.3\u00a0 \/ 44.3<\/li>\n<li>South Burnett 60.4 \/ 39.9<\/li>\n<li>Somerset 63.4 \/ 45.2<\/li>\n<li>Toowoomba 70.1 \/ 49.7<\/li>\n<li>Western Downs 60.6 \/ 40.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In comparison, Queensland rates are 67.6 \/ 48.7 and Australia\u00a079.6 \/ 56.9.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113791\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113791\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/jeannette-young-200-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>At Tuesday&#8217;s media conference, Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said more than two million Queenslanders aged 16 years or over had now been double-vaccinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She said people who were double-vaccinated only had a 25 per cent chance of passing the virus to other people, ie. one-quarter the risk of unvaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Young urged people who had received their first dose to come forward for their second to reduce their risks of contracting the disease: after three weeks for Pfizer, four weeks for Moderna and 12 weeks for AstraZeneca.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is some reduction of risk after the first dose but most reduction occurs after the second dose,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t wait until after we have an outbreak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said Queensland had managed to stay on top of the latest cases in the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;But that can&#8217;t last. We are going to get more and more cases of the virus coming into Queensland. There are so many different ways it can get in,&#8221; she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Young said Queensland was coming out of the phase of the pandemic which was all about stopping the virus coming into the State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we are getting to the point where we won&#8217;t be able to maintain that,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The virus will come in no matter what we do, so we need to have our health system prepared, which it has been doing now for over 18 months.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations will be offered next week by Darling Downs Health at the Kingaroy Showgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":304178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1455,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Free Pfizer Clinic In Kingaroy - 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