• Resources for revised AstraZeneca use
• Information on the updated advice
• Other new resources
• Official statements
• New process for job advertising

Resources for revised AstraZeneca use

Following the revised recommendations from Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on 17 June 2021, the Australian Government Department of Health (DoH) has developed a number of resources.

Information on the updated advice

• In this video message to Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), Michelle Steele from the DoH Primary Care Response to COVID-19 Branch, explains the updated recommendations from ATAGI (issued on 17 June 2021), and the vaccine rollout program.

• Key updates for Aboriginal and Islander communities – 18 June 2021 – this newsletter provides information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households, communities and stakeholders to stay safe during the coronavirus outbreak, and information about the COVID-19 vaccines. Things can change quickly so it’s important to stay up to date.

• a range of social tiles and captions announcing updates to the COVID-19 vaccination program:
  • Updates to the COVID-19 vaccination program 
  • Talk to your health care worker
  • ATAGI has issued new advice
  • Find out more about the COVID-19 vaccination

Examples of two of the new social tiles available.

• a poster announcing updates to the COVID-19 vaccination program
• a common questions fact sheet
• a fact sheet looking at the side effect of COVID-19 vaccines.

Other New resources:

• Posters advertising what brand of vaccines are available in your clinic:
  • We are a Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination clinic
  • We are a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic
  • We are an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination clinic
  • We are a COVID-19 vaccination site – with Health URL
  • We are a COVID-19 vaccination site – with blank space to add a URL
  • We are a COVID-19 vaccination site – with blank space to insert clinic name

• a guide on how users can create their own video content on COVID-19 vaccines
• a fact sheet looking at why you need to give your consent before receiving your COVID-19 vaccine.

Official statements

• ATAGI statement

The ATAGI recommends the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) as the preferred vaccine for those aged 16 to under 60 years. This updates the previous preferential recommendation for Comirnaty over COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca in those aged 16 to under 50 years.

• CMO statement

A statement from the Professor Paul Kelly, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer in response to the latest ATAGI advice on COVID-19 vaccines.

Professor Paul Kelly, Australian Government Chief Medical Officer. Image source: The Canberra Times.

• Minister Hunt’s statement

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Image source: SBS News website.

• FAQ document

This document contains frequently asked questions about the revised ATAGI advice for people regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

• Consent form

A patient consent form for COVID-19 vaccination.

New process for job advertising

NACCHO have introduced a new system for the advertising of job adverts via NACCHO’s communication platforms.

Click here to go to the NACCHO website where you can complete a form with job vacancy details – it will then be approved for posting to the NACCHO website and once approved it will go live.