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17 Mar 2022

Replay: Workforce Update Webinar

Date: Thursday 17th March Panelists: Prof. Nikki Turner, IMAC Medical Director, Jane Morphet, COVID Education Manager, and Dr. Joan Ingram/Dr. Emma Best, Medical Advisors.

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01 Mar 2022

Mar 2022: Nuvaxovid (Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine) approved for 18y and older

Nuvaxovid, the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, has now been approved to be used as a primary vaccination course for people aged 18 and older in Aotearoa. (Pfizer continues to be the preferred vaccine.)

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22 Feb 2022

Vaccination rates: Digging into the data

The Ministry of Health has excellent data sets that are updated either daily or weekly and can be looked at by ethnicity, age and geography.

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09 Feb 2022

8 weeks is a good interval for 5-11y old's second vaccine dose

We recommend that children have two doses of the vaccine 8 weeks apart because it offers:

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10 Feb 2022

Replay: Ask the Experts Q&A webinar vol 2

An opportunity for vaccinators and health professionals to ask our clinical experts about COVID-19 vaccination

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01 Feb 2022

Long COVID - another strong reason to get vaccinated

We all know that getting vaccinated protects us against getting sick, especially from getting very sick.

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27 Jan 2022

Replay: Ask the experts Q&A webinar

An opportunity for vaccinators and health professionals to ask our clinical experts about COVID-19 vaccination.

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19 Jan 2022

Replay: Vaccinating 5 to 11 year olds

Date: Wednesday 19th January Panel: Emma Best, IMAC Medical Advisor, and Aimee Brass, COVID Immunisation Facilitator Topic: This webinar will cover information on vaccination for 5 to 11-year-olds. There will be opportunities for questions.

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22 Dec 2021

IMAC Support Service Hours: 24 December 2021 to 7 January 2022

IMAC will have support services available during the holiday period (24th December to 7th January).

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20 Dec 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board report on myocarditis cases

This is a news story, not clinical advice. It relates to the delta period only.

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Webinars

21 Dec 2021

Replay: Consent, myocarditis, and pre/post vaccination Webinar

Title: Update Webinar Panelists: Jane Morphet, IMAC COVID Education Programme Manager, and Dr. Joan Ingram, IMAC Medical Advisor. Date and time: Tuesday 21st December 2021 at 5pm.

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08 Dec 2021

Dec 2021: Omicron preliminary study

Note: this is a news story, not clinical guidance.

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09 Feb 2022

8 weeks is a good interval for 5-11y old's second vaccine dose

We recommend that children have two doses of the vaccine 8 weeks apart because it offers:

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News

01 Feb 2022

Long COVID - another strong reason to get vaccinated

We all know that getting vaccinated protects us against getting sick, especially from getting very sick.

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22 Dec 2021

IMAC Support Service Hours: 24 December 2021 to 7 January 2022

IMAC will have support services available during the holiday period (24th December to 7th January).

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08 Dec 2021

Dec 2021: Omicron preliminary study

Note: this is a news story, not clinical guidance.

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18 Nov 2021

Younger children and COVID vaccines: 5-11 year olds

Children do get COVID-19, and we have seen much higher rates of COVID infection in children in 2021 in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) than in 2020.

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15 Nov 2021

Helping unvaccinated staff decide to vaccinate in Aged Care Sector: Webinar

IMAC COVID Immunisation Facilitators Aimee Brass and Sally Schnauer presented a webinar to help unvaccinated staff consider vaccination.

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11 Nov 2021

Nov 2021: Pfizer booster gets Medsafe approval

This is a news story from Nov 2021, not clinical advice

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09 Nov 2021

New exemption process

A new COVID-19 vaccination exemptions process has now been announced by the Ministry of Health.

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08 Nov 2021

Vaccination of 5-11 year olds

Dr. Jin Russell, a developmental pediatrician in Auckland and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Auckland's School of Population Health, shares some insightful information regarding the COVID-19 Delta outbreak, its impacts on children, and the value of vaccination of 5 – 11-year-olds.

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29 Oct 2021

Provisional approval for Pfizer vaccine extended

Medsafe has now renewed the provisional approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 2 years, until 3 November 2023.

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06 Oct 2021

COVID-19 vaccination bookings shift to default three-week interval

Today the Government announced that new COVID-19 vaccination bookings will default to a three-week (21 day minimum) interval between doses.

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27 Sep 2021

Assessing eligibility for COVID-19 vaccination at vaccine centres: Don’t delay

As more people are coming through the doors of vaccine centres, so too are the range of individual circumstances and the queries we are seeing at t

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Webinars

09 Sep 2021

Replay: Setting up a COVID vaccination clinic in General Practice

This webinar covers the practical considerations involved in setting up a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at your General Practice and is followed by an opportunity for a Q&A session with representatives from IMAC, the Ministry of Health, and the Southern PHO WellSouth Immunisation Coordinator.

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