Community
23 August, 2024
Residents asked to get vaccinated urgently
AN expanded immunisation clinic has been established at Yarrabah after two residents were admitted to hospital with symptoms of meningococcal and a third person treated for a suspected infection.
After successful contact tracing and prophylactic treatment, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services, in partnership with the Tropical Public Health Service, have commenced an expanded immunisation clinic to be initially conducted over three-days this week.
Free immunisation shots are available to all Yarrabah community members up to and including 23 years of age, severely immunocompromised people and residents that live in community that are household contacts or contacts of the confirmed cases.
The Gurriny Yealamucka Public Health team has carried out contact tracing on both confirmed cases and administered where appropriate antibiotics and offered an immunisation shot.
The first confirmed case has been released from hospital and is now back in community, the second case remains in Townsville Hospital and is no longer in ICU.
Gurriny Yealamucka’s director medicine Dr Jason King said the service continued to provide access to child and adult immunisation free of charge to the Yarrabah community.
