Are you a senior Victorian considering whether to have a COVID booster, or know someone who is?
Libraries are collaborating with the Health Issues Centre to support a free online forum on COVID booster shots for seniors on 5 May 2022. The online forum will:
- provide participants with useful, reliable information on COVID vaccine booster shots
- feature presentations by trusted experts, including Dr Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology at Deakin University
- provide participants with the opportunity to ask the experts questions about boosters
People can register here to attend online.
For those unable to connect online
Some local councils and municipal libraries are enabling seniors to participate through locally hosted screenings of the forum.
Currently we have availability at (more venues will be added):
- Bairnsdale – Bairnsdale Library – 22 Service Street, Bairnsdale Vic 3875
- Broadmeadows – Hume Global Learning Centre Broadmeadows – First Floor Lounge in the Library – 1093 Pascoe Vale Rd, Broadmeadows VIC 3047
- Craigieburn – Hume Global Learning Centre Craigieburn 75-95 Central Park Ave, Craigieburn VIC 3064
- Lakes Entrance Service Centre – 18 Mechanics Street, Lakes Entrance Vic 3909
- Orbost – Orbost Service Centre – 1 Ruskin Street, Orbost Vic 3888
- Sunbury – Hume Global Learning Centre Sunbury – 44 Macedon St, Sunbury VIC 3429
Forum details
- When – Thursday 5 May 2022
- Time – 11am-12pm AEST
- Where – Online (zoom link to be provided closer to the event) or in person at selected locations
- Speakers – Dr Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
- Cost – The forum is free of charge
- Registration – register here.
If your library would like to host a local screening, please contact Lynn Holt from the Health Issues Centre. Download poster here.
This forum is made possible with funding from the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing