VICTORIANS aged over 60 will be able to get any COVID-19 vaccine, including Pfizer and Moderna, at all of the the state’s vaccination hubs.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there was now enough vaccine supply in Victoria to open up all brands to all ages that are eligible.
“This change, which is now in effect, has been made possible by the relative certainty we now have for both Moderna and Pfizer, and the extraordinary number of young people who have come forward over the past three and a half weeks,” he said on Monday.
Previously people over 60 were only able to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at state hubs.
The change comes after the federal government widened access to mRNA vaccines for those over 60 at the start of this month.
As of Sunday, 86 per cent of Victorians over 16 had received their first vaccine, including 93 per cent of people over 50.
Victoria has recorded another 1612 cases and eight deaths – two women and six men.
More than 30 per cent of the new infections were recorded in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
There are 19,000 active infections across the state, and the death toll from the current outbreak is 93.
The number of people in hospital continues to rise, with 677 patients including 133 in intensive care, 94 of whom are on a ventilator.
