A "good number" of aged care staff in Horsham have been vaccinated, and all aged care residents who gave permission have received their first-round dose, according to a spokesperson from Wimmera Health Care Group.
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Acting on Department of Health and Human Services advice, Wimmera Health Care Group could not provide the exact number of aged care staff and residents who had been vaccinated.
The spokesperson said aged care residents' second round vaccine doses were due in the coming weeks, and no residents had experienced adverse effects from the vaccine so far.
The news comes as health authorities fear further cases of the virus will be detected in private aged care facilities in Melbourne.
The fears follow three confirmed infections, including a 99-year-old woman and an aged care staff member who worked across at least two homes, linked to an outbreak at Arcare Maidstone after a worker at the Melbourne facility earlier returned a positive result.
West Wimmera Health Service confirmed 102 aged care residents had had their first dose of the vaccine, with the next dose to be administered within the next fortnight.
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Additionally, 160 staff members have had their first dose, and 40 have had their second.
The group has also administered 74 first doses to various vulnerable community groups, 10 of whom have had their second dose.
West Wimmera Health Service chief executive Ritchie Dodds said the health service was "reasonably happy" with the pace of the rollout.
"We're reasonably happy with the uptake so far and with the increased supply of vaccine we're now seeing, we expect a significant increase in the number of administrations of both first and second doses in the coming weeks," he said.
Late Wednesday, Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck confirmed that a second Victorian aged care resident had tested positive for COVID-19.
The 90-year-old resident from the Maidstone Acare facility was asymptomatic, Senator Colbeck said, but would be transferred out of the centre.
The resident initially tested negative for coronavirus before returning a positive test on Wednesday.
The 90-year-old has had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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