Get winter prepared!

ATAGI has updated its recommendations for a winter dose of COVID-19 vaccine to help reduce severe disease from the emerging surge of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariant infections, and to reduce the burden on Australian hospitals and the healthcare system in coming months.

The updated recommendations are:

• Adults aged 50 to 64 years are now recommended to receive a winter booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
• Adults aged 30 to 49 years can receive a winter booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
• The interval recommended between a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection or the first booster dose and a winter booster dose is now 3 months.

ATAGI emphasises that people previously eligible for a winter booster dose remain at higher risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19 and should receive a winter booster dose as soon as possible. 

They include:

• all adults aged 65 years or older
• residents of aged care or disability care facilities
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years or older
• people who are severely immunocompromised (this will be their fifth dose)
• people aged 16 years or older with a medical condition that increases the risk of severe COVID-19 illness
• people aged 16 years or older with disability, significant or complex health needs, or multiple comorbidities which increase the risk of a poor outcome.

(Click here to see table listing complex, chronic or severe conditions)

ATAGI emphasises that individuals who have previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2, irrespective of which variant it may have been, should continue to receive recommended vaccine doses, after an interval of 3 months, as prior infection alone will not provide sufficient protection against severe disease.

Free COVID-19 vaccinations are available to everyone aged 5 years and over. You need two doses to be considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Primary Schedule

Pfizer Vaccine available for all patients aged 5+ years.
Moderna Vaccine available for all patients aged 6+ years.

(https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-provisional-registrations)

Boosters

For more information on boosters and eligibility, please ask our pharmacist. 

Bookings are essential. Book your COVID-19 Vaccination appointment today.

COVID-19 Vaccinations

Do you want a convenient monthly reminder before your medicines have run out?  Or perhaps you'd like to find out how many repeats you have left? What about the ability to order and pay for your scripts and over the counter medicines all at the touch of a button?

With the MedAdvisor app and Vermont South Pharmacy - convenient medicines management, ordering and even arranging delivery is a breeze! Watch the video below to see how it works. 

Ask your pharmacist at Vermont South Pharmacy for your unique activation code. Download the app on your phone via the Google Play Store (Android) or the Apple App Store buttons.

- Allan and George - Pharmacist Owners

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All of our staff share our values and know that being professional, trusted, and nurturing will help you achieve your health outcome goals.  

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We are a PBS prescription dispensing pharmacy.  Our professional pharmacists will dispense your scripts carefully and accurately.  This attention to detail has lead to our outstanding reputation in the Vermont South community. We cater for all members of the community from near and far including Blackburn South, Vermont, Wantirna, Glen Waverley and Burwood East.   We dispense PBS prescriptions, Concession prescriptions, Entitlement Card prescriptions, Repatriation/Repat/DVA prescriptions, all repeat prescriptions, Private prescriptions and Pharmacist Only medicines.

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