Hundreds\u00a0of\u00a0Moderna COVID vaccine doses will be distributed to pharmacies across the Territory in coming days, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles has announced.<\/p>\n
The Moderna vaccine, which is already in use across much of the world,\u00a0uses the same mRNA technology as the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n
Ms Fyles said\u00a0the vaccine batch arrived in Australia late last week\u00a0and was being tested by the Therapeutic Goods Administration before distribution to NT pharmacies later this week.<\/p>\n
“Over 55 per cent\u00a0of Territorians are fully vaccinated and we will continue to see that number rise over the coming weeks,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Vaccination is\u00a0the best tool in going back to life as the way we knew it.”<\/p>\n
Anyone over 12 years old will be\u00a0eligible to receive the vaccine\u00a0at their local pharmacist, Ms Fyles said.<\/p>\n
Judith Oliver, NT branch director at\u00a0the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, said 19 pharmacies across locations such as Alice\u00a0Springs, Katherine, Palmerston and Darwin\u00a0would help deliver\u00a0the Moderna doses.<\/p>\n
“The\u00a0pharmacies\u00a0will get about 100 doses \u2014\u00a0or up to 300 depending on how big the pharmacy is \u2014\u00a0in the first week,” Ms Oliver said.<\/p>\n
“And then there will be monthly\u00a0allocations after that of about similar numbers. But yes, [we’ll have] a steady stream over the next three to four\u00a0months.”<\/p>\n
Ms Oliver encouraged\u00a0Territorians to book in a vaccine\u00a0appointment at their local pharmacy.<\/p>\n
Like the other vaccines approved for use in Australia, the Moderna formula requires two doses to strengthen your immune system against COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Moderna doses are recommended to be administered four weeks apart, compared with\u00a0the three-week interval between Pfizer shots and the eight- to\u00a012-week\u00a0wait between AstraZeneca shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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