COVID-19 vaccination program Phase 1b

People working in health care including doctors, nurses and midwives, allied health professionals, dental practitioners

People aged 50 years and over – AstraZeneca

People aged under 50 years – Pfizer

AstraZeneca: general practices, CVCs, ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics.

Pfizer: state and territory-operated Pfizer clinics

Proof of occupation (ID card or letter from employer) will be required to demonstrate eligibility.

Where this evidence is not available, individuals may complete an Eligibility Declaration Form.

All public and private hospital staff

Healthcare workers in private practice

All healthcare workers providing in-home and community disability and aged care, including centre-based care

Workers who regularly engage in person with those receiving aged care or those with a disability in phase 1a or 1b, including aged care assessment workforce, those conducting regulatory activities and advocacy services

All healthcare workers in clinical settings, including students on placement

Onsite administrative staff in healthcare settings

Cleaners, kitchen staff and other ancillary staff in healthcare settings

People aged 50 years and over – AstraZeneca

People aged under 50 Years – Pfizer

AstraZeneca: general practices, CVCs, ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics.

Pfizer: state and territory-operated Pfizer clinics

Proof of occupation (ID card or letter from employer) from the worker, along with evidence to demonstrate the household contact lives at the same residential address as the worker will be required to demonstrate eligibility.

Where this evidence is not available, the household contact may complete an Eligibility Declaration Form.

Emergency services personnel, including frontline police officers, fire and rescue personnel, corrective services officers

People aged 50 years and over – AstraZeneca

People aged under 50 Years – Pfizer

AstraZeneca: general practices, CVCs, ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics.

Pfizer: state and territory-operated Pfizer clinics

Defence to provide for ADF

Proof of occupation (ID card, letter from employer or Eligibility Declaration Form) will be required to demonstrate eligibility

Active Australian Defence Force personnel

Workers involved in manufacture of AstraZeneca vaccine and distribution/delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Workers at licensed meat processing businesses where they are directly involved in the manufacturing and distribution process, where the work is in a cold environment and where workers are unable to maintain distancing requirements.

Included: 

• Abattoir workers, including attending veterinarians
• Workers in boning rooms
• Smallgoods manufacturers
• Cold chain transport workforce
• Seafood processing

Excluded: 

• Retail workers including butcher shops, fishmongers
• Primary production workers, including fishing
• Clerical workers

People aged 80 and over

AstraZeneca

General practices, CVCs and ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics

All standard forms of identification (drivers licence, passport) will be accepted.

For individuals attending their usual GP, the clinic’s records may be relied upon as evidence.

Other forms of accepted evidence include:

• My Health Record
• Government issued documents with date of birth (e.g. Centrelink, Medicare, Department of Veterans Affairs)

People aged 70 and over

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 and over

AstraZeneca

Self-identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander at the time of vaccination, which may be verbal

For age requirements:

All standard forms of identification (drivers licence, passport) will be accepted.

For individuals attending their usual GP, the clinic's records may be relied upon as evidence.

Other forms of accepted evidence include:

• My Health Record
• Government issued documents with date of birth (e.g. Centrelink, Medicare, Department of Veterans Affairs)

Adults with a specified underlying medical condition

People aged 50 years and over – AstraZeneca

People aged under 50 years – Pfizer

AstraZeneca: general practices, CVCss, ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics.

Pfizer: state and territory-operated Pfizer clinics.

For individuals, attending their usual GP, the clinic's records may be relied upon as evidence.

MyHealth Record

A referral from GP or treating specialist.

Alternative medical records, including:

• A printout of an individual's medical history as recorded in clinical records
• A printout of an individual's chronic disease care plan or a discharge summary from a hospital
• A valid script or medication prescribed to treat one or more of the relevant medical conditions.

Where none of these are available, individuals may complete an Eligibility Declaration Form.

Carers (paid and unpaid) of: 

• a resident of an aged care facility or residential disability accommodation who is eligible under Phase 1a
• a person 70 years and over who is eligible under Phase 1b
• a person with a specified underlying medical condition who is eligible under Phase 1b
• a child with a specified underlying medical condition

People aged 50 years and over – AstraZeneca

People aged under 50 years – Pfizer

AstraZeneca: general practices, CVCss, ACCHS and state and territory operated AstraZeneca clinics.

Pfizer: state and territory-operated Pfizer clinics.

Carers documentation or proof of occupation (ID card or letter from employer/centre-based support provider).

Where none of these are available, including family members or others who can provide significant care, individuals may complete an Eligibility Declaration Form.

Disability and aged care support volunteers who provide support to people in their homes, respite care, educational, employment, leisure and/or residential settings, including those providing transport and advocacy services.

People with a disability or with age-related conditions (e.g. early onset dementia) attending centre-based services (e.g. day programs, respite care, supported employment).

Haematological diseases or cancers

Including leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma resulting in immunocompromise

Recommend discussion with specialist regarding optimal timing of vaccination

Solid organ transplant recipients who are on immune suppressive therapy

Recommend discussion with specialist regarding optimal timing of vaccination

Bone marrow transplant recipients or chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy recipients or those with graft host disease

Recommend discussion with specialist regarding optimal timing of vaccination

Non-haematological cancer

Diagnosed within the past 5 years or on chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted anti-cancer therapy (active treatment or recently completed) or with advanced disease regardless of treatment 

Adult survivors of childhood cancers

Nil

Chronic inflammatory conditions requiring medical treatments

Including: systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and similar who are being treated with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or immune-suppressive or immunomodulatory therapies.

Generally not inclusive of people living with osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome or similar non-immunocompromising inflammatory conditions.

Primary or acquired immunodeficiency

Including congenital causes of immunodeficiency and HIV/AIDS

Chronic renal (kidney) failure with a eGFR of <44mL/min

Does not include mild-moderate chronic kidney disease

Heart disease

Including ischaemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies and pulmonary hypertension

Chronic lung disease

Including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease.

Does not include Mild or moderate asthma

Diabetes

Nil

Severe obesity with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40kg/m2

Nil

Chronic liver disease

Nil

Chronic neurological conditions

Including stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy. Generally not inclusive of migraine or cluster headaches Generally not inclusive of migraine or cluster headaches

Poorly controlled blood pressure (defined as two or more pharmacologic agents for blood pressure control, regardless of readings)

Nil

Those living with significant disability requiring frequent assistance with activities of daily living

Including Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, severe intellectual disability

Those with severe mental health conditions

Including schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder