by Cam Lucadou-Wells
A Covid vaccine pop-up clinic in Dandenong has temporarily closed two days in a row due to hot weather.
With the outdoor temperature topping 30°C, the marquee clinic in Palm Plaza was closed by mid Tuesday afternoon (30 November). and closed again on Wednesday afternoon (1 December)
The drive-through Covid testing clinic in Carroll Lane, Dandenong, which also operates under a marquee, was also closed over the same periods.
Monash Health stated vaccinations were still being delivered at Sandown Racecourse. No booking was required.
Alternative Covid testing sites are found at: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/where-get-tested-covid-19
As of 29 November, Greater Dandenong’s double-vax rate reached 89.5 per cent. The single-vaxxed rate is 93.4 per cent.
There were 496 active cases and 31 new daily cases on 30 November.
More than half of the active and new daily cases are in the Dandenong postcode (258 active cases, 22 new daily cases).
It is among the region’s most vax hesitant postcodes, with less than 85 per cent fully vaxxed as of last week.
