JOINING the vaccination effort: Over 3,600 community pharmacies have now joined Australia's COVID vaccination effort and the number continues to climb.
Already total COVID vaccinations administered by pharmacists have passed one million.
Addressing a webinar hosted by the Pharmacy Guild, TGA head Adjunct Professor John Skerritt said the power of vaccinations shows in the sharp cut to deaths from COVID cases in 2021 to about one-sixth the rate in 2020.
He underlined the contribution by pharmacists to this sharp cut in the rate of fatalities.
Fully vaccinated Australians account for only one per cent of intensive care admissions.
Pharmacy Guild National President and webinar host, Trent Twomey, said the Guild's marketing campaign was delivering bookings and addressing vaccine hesitancy.
He said 45% of Australians using the findapharmacy.com.au website to start the booking process completed that process, a notably high "conversion" rate.
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