The Tassie LGAs still under 50 per cent

ABOUT 100,000 Tasmanians are still to receive a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as authorities push to address problems with literacy, access and hesitancy.

Acting Premier Jeremy Rockliff said 77.5 per cent of Tasmanians aged over 16 had received one dose and 60 per cent were fully vaccinated.

Acting State Health Commander Dale Webster said the state would exceed the target of 90 per cent soon.

“I’d be very confident that we can get into the 90 per cent (range) as the premier has already said in previous conferences, we are aiming to do that by early December,” he said.

“As you’d expect when we’re getting up to the high 70s, the bookings are tailing off but we still have a lot of appointments and we’ll continue to put the appointments in the book to make sure that every Tasmanian … can actually get a booking.”

The latest Australian Government’s Operation Covid Shield report shows 79.6 per cent of Aussies over 16 have had at least one dose, and 56.9 per cent are fully vaccinated.

But there are still more than 120 local government areas that are yet to reach the 50 per cent full vaccination rate.

In Tasmania, there are still half a dozen council areas failing to hit the mark, with Kentish earning the title of the least double-dosed LGA at just 42.8 per cent as of October 3.

Kentish residents are also the furthest behind on their first dose – just 63.2 per cent having received dose one compared to our state average of 77.5 per cent.

The second least jabbed LGA in the state is the Central Highlands, with just 44.8 per cent of its residents fully vaccinated against Covid.

Southern Midlands, Devonport, Brighton and Derwent Valley are still below 50 per cent.