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Webinar: COVID-19 vaccine rollout across aged care – Friday 26 March

This webinar on 26 March is part of a series on the COVID-19 response and the vaccine rollout. The panel will provide key updates and answer participants’ questions.

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The Department of Health is holding a webinar on Friday 26 March, 2.00pm-3.00pm AEDT, to discuss the national COVID-19 vaccination program’s rollout across aged care.

The live webinar will follow a Q&A style format and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions throughout the event.

The webinar will cover:

  • an update on the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout in residential aged care
  • COVID-19 vaccination of the aged care workforce
  • guidance for in home care or Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers on advising clients on access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

Panellists include:

  • Professor Michael Kidd AM, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
  • Adjunct Professor (Practice), Alison McMillan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
  • Ms Lisa Peterson, Assistant Secretary, COVID-19 Vaccine Aged Care Taskforce.

Details

What: ‘COVID-19 vaccine rollout across aged care’ webinar

When: 2.00pm-3.00pm AEDT, Friday 26 March 2021

Where: The webinar will be livestreamed and available online. (You don’t need to register for the event. Simply visit the above link a few minutes before the webinar begins.)

For those unable to attend, a recording will be published on the department’s website following the event.

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