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.More than 1m Victorians trying to get vaccination appointments
More than a million people tried to get an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccination in Victoria yesterday — the busiest day booking day of the pandemic so far.
.It was the first day that anyone aged 16 and above could book in for a vaccine appointment at a state hub.
.Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said 200,000 appointments were booked in yesterday, compared to a daily average of about 30,000. And it was a record day for vaccines administered through state hubs, with 33,932 jabs administered.
.It comes on one of the worst days of this outbreak so far — 80 cases were reported overnight, of which only 39 were in full isolation for the entirety of their infectious period. There are 36 people in hospital, including one infant. Eleven people are in ICU and eight are on ventilators.
.Andrews said he knew it was a “challenging day” for those trying to secure an appointment. The website was crashing repeatedly and the phone line had hours long waits.
.He says his daughter, Grace, was one of those who spent the day trying to get an appointment.
.“At our house, Grace got an appointment at around dinnertime after being on and off the website from 6am yesterday. No different to any other family.
.The system does work and she has got an appointment on Sunday. But not all of her friends were able to get an appointment, and I would encourage people to go back and stick to it because it is the way out of restrictions and out of our hospitals being overwhelmed and our way back to normal life. Everybody getting vaccinated is such an important part of that.”
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.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/aug/26/australia-covid-live-update-politics-sydney-hospitals-outbreak-lockdowns-financial-support-regional-nsw-hsc-schools
