I have no idea of the messaging there from SA Health but I checked a couple of hours ago and found this - an appointment this Thursday!
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SA’s first dual vaccination hub has opened at the Adelaide Showgrounds – and already patients are reporting delays and difficulties booking an appointment.
South Australia’s first dual mass COVID-19 vaccination hub has opened to patients in Adelaide as authorities struggled to meet demand and a new row erupted over the state’s sluggish rollout.
Patients reported difficulties booking times at the Adelaide Showgrounds clinic, which yesterday offered both Pfizer jabs for people aged up to 49 or AstraZeneca doses for those 50 years or older.
SA Health confirmed a three-month wait to get a booking for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“We are seeing strong demand for AstraZeneca appointments at Wayville and encourage people to keep checking the online booking system for new appointments as we scale up operations and bring additional staff on board,” a statement from SA Health said.
“We also remind people to book at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital AstraZeneca clinic, which has appointments available.”
SA Health said Wayville has “plenty of availability of the Pfizer vaccine for under 50s in Phase 1a and 1b”.
The details emerged as a woman in her 30s with
COVIDwas last night in a stable condition in the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s intensive care unit. Another man in his 30s is also in the RAH.
SA Health reported no new cases on Monday, but 17 COVID-positive patients remain in the Tom’s Court coronavirus facility.
“These are two relatively young people (in hospital) and it just shows how deadly … COVID-19 can be,” said chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier.
SA Health officials are looking at boosting vaccine resources, as they urged people to be patient and check its website for appointments.
At least 800 people will receive an AstraZeneca vaccine at the hub this week and a further 3000 people will get Pfizer. Central Adelaide Local Health Network capital projects executive director, Rachael Kay, the Wayville clinic’s boss, said resources were based on demand modelling. “There’s certainly going to be more capacity opening up for the rest of the month,” she said.
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Among those jabbed yesterday was businessman Mark Wynter, 52, a father of two of Unley, pictured, who said he “didn’t feel a thing”.
“The more people that get it, the safer SA will be,” he said.
SA Health data shows 163,000 people, or 15 per cent of those older than 16, have had at least one vaccine shot. At least 28,000 others are fully vaccinated with two doses.
Health Minister Stephen Wade said SA had “the highest vaccination rate” of any mainland state, based on Commonwealth data showing more than 12 in every 100 people had been immunised.
“We … lead the nation in terms of vaccination,” he said.
But a separate Federal Government breakdown published yesterday shows SA Health has used two-thirds of its 126,550 available deliveries.
Last week, 59 per cent of 95,080 available doses was used, and 57 per cent of 79,990 vials a fortnight ago. There are 56,240 doses in stockpile.
Opposition spokesman Chris Picton said SA was the second worst usage state, and that “does nothing to help protect the community”.