Jab bookings for youngsters aged 5 to 11 have been delayed within the Victorian system after service supplier Microsoft suggested the state authorities of a tech concern.
Youngsters aged 5 to 11 will be capable of obtain the vaccine from January 10 below Australia’s Covid vaccination program.
The Victorian state system was initially as a consequence of open for bookings on Wednesday morning nevertheless it’s now anticipated to open on Thursday morning following an IT concern.
The chief well being officer highlighted the issue in his Covid replace on Tuesday.
“Sadly as a consequence of a difficulty with the reserving system, bookings for the 5 to 11 age group aren’t in a position to open tomorrow for state-run vaccination centres,” professor Brett Sutton mentioned.
“Microsoft are working to implement an answer as quick as potential.
“On-line and hotline bookings for this age group might be obtainable later this week.”
A spokeswoman for Well being Minister Martin Foley mentioned Microsoft informed the federal government they believed they wanted 24 hours to repair the difficulty.
“We had been anticipating to open the reserving system this morning, we’re now anticipating to open it tomorrow morning,” she mentioned.
“There’s completely no delay to precise vaccinations, only a delay in with the ability to guide within the system.
“Individuals may clearly proceed to guide for the time being by way of GPs and pharmacies.”
The Pfizer Covid vaccine for youngsters aged 5 to 11 is a smaller dose of vaccine created particularly for the age group.
Analysis exhibits the Pfizer vaccine is as much as 91 per cent efficient in kids.
It comes as Victoria reported an enormous surge in Covid case numbers with the brand new day by day determine virtually doubling to a file excessive of 14,020 on Wednesday.
Greater than 94 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had no less than one dose of a Covid vaccine and greater than 92 per cent have had two doses. The figures exclude the newest Commonwealth information.
Greater than 5.036 million vaccine doses have been administered by Victoria’s state-run providers.