Vic: More than 1,200 line up for Meningococcal vaccination
More than 1,200 people in the Victorian coastal town of Portland have been vaccinatedagainst the potentially deadly meningococcal virus.
Staff from the Department of Human Services and the Glenelg Shire Council began administeringmeningococcal C vaccinations from 9am (AEDT) today with people waiting in line for upto an hour and a half.
A department spokesman says more than 800 people aged between 15 and 30, and 400 childrenunder the age of five have been vaccinated today.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Dr ROBERT HALL ordered the mass vaccination after testsconfirmed three 19-year-old men and a 30-year-old woman from the town contracted the diseaseover the past week.
The woman remains in a critical condition in Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital.
Vaccinations will be carried out at a community hall in the town again tomorrow morning.
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KEYWORD: MENINGOCOCCAL VIC (MELBOURNE)
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