Last weekend, Professor Rhonda Stuart, Director, Infection Prevention and Epidemiology at Monash Health joined local community leaders in the South East to encourage residents to get vaccinated, following a significant increase in COVID-19 case numbers in the area.
Media outlets were onsite to amplify the message as Professor Stuart stressed not only the importance of getting vaccinated but the benefits of doing so, in a piece aired on Channel 9 News.
Channel 7 News also covered the call, with Professor Stuart adding that the sooner we’re all vaccinated, the sooner we can ensure our community is protected.
Community leaders from local Sri Lankan Tamil, South Sudanese and Indochinese communities lent their voices to the cause, encouraging community members to act.
They shared the united message that vaccination is a safe, effective way to protect ourselves, our families and the communities we are a part of.
The initiative also received coverage on the front page of The Age and was published on The Age online on Monday 4 October – you can read the full piece here.
For more information and the latest advice on the COVID-19 vaccination program visit the SEPHU website.
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