THE McIntosh Centre at the Shepparton Showgrounds will be used at the primary GV Health COVID-19 vaccine hub in Shepparton, with jabs to commence there next week.
The centre is seen as the ideal facility after its previous success as being used by GV Health for asymptomatic swabbing last October when testing numbers in Shepparton surged at news of three positive cases in the city.
Final preparations are underway at the McIntosh Centre, including the installation of specialised clinical equipment and resources required to provide a large scale COVID-19 vaccination service in a community setting.
Priority 1a front-line healthcare workers will first receive the vaccine at the Graham Street campus of GV Health in Shepparton from this week, and the vaccine program will move to the McIntosh Centre once the premises is ready.
Other suitable sites across the GV Health vaccine hub catchment area are also being identified for delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination program across the region.
