ROLL up your sleeves as 25 GPs and pharmacies across the region prepare for a 48-hour vax-a-thon in Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson's most aggressive effort to get people vaccinated yet.
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Appointments will be available across the weekend in Tamworth, Gunnedah and Manilla and a target has been set to get jabs in the arms of at least 3000 locals.
Appointments will be available throughout the weekend in Tamworth, while in Gunnedah and Manilla it will be a 'super Saturday' blitz.
All will be offering AstraZeneca in the hope of increasing the regions' vaccination rates, which currently sit between 50 to 59 per cent for Tamworth, and 30 to 49 per cent for Gunnedah.
In Tamworth, 15 GP clinics and four pharmacies will be offering the jab.
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While in Gunnedah, two of each will be offering the inoculation, along with a new vaccination hub at the Rural Health Centre. In Manilla, the Rural Medical Clinic will be offering the vaccines.
Mr Anderson has said he is ready to "bring on the weekend" and will himself be receiving his second AstraZeneca vaccination on Saturday.
List of participating local pharmacies and GPs:
Saturday, August 28
Tamworth
Peel Health Care 8am-midday - Online bookings only
Windmill Practice - BOOKED OUT
The Belmore Surgery 9am-3pm - (02) 6762 7933
Smith Street Practice 9am-midday - Online bookings only
Northwest Health 9am-5pm - Online bookings only
Barton Lane Practice 1pm-4pm - Current waitlist only
Tamworth Respiratory Clinic 9am-5pm - Online bookings only
Discount Drug Store, Robert St 9am-2pm - Walk-ins available
Gunnedah
Barber Street Practice 9am-midday - (02) 6742 4466
Karen Carter Pharmacy 8.30am-4pm - Online bookings only
Discount Drug Store 10am-3pm - Online bookings only
Gunnedah Rural Health Centre Clinic 9am-5pm - (02) 6741 8000
Manilla
Rural Medical Clinic Manilla 9am-5pm (02) 6785 1095
Sunday, August 29
Tamworth
Northwest Health 9am-5pm - Online bookings only
MyGP Tamworth 9am-5pm - Online bookings only
Tamworth Respiratory Clinic 9am-5pm - Online bookings only
Only AstraZeneca vaccines will be available on the day.
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Cody Tsaousis
I'm a news reporter who enjoys covering politics and energy, but I will write about anything for my community. I moved to the New England in 2021 after spending several years in the Upper Hunter.
I'm a news reporter who enjoys covering politics and energy, but I will write about anything for my community. I moved to the New England in 2021 after spending several years in the Upper Hunter.
