Cape York Weekly FREE – #046 | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Editor: Matt Nicholls 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
Cairns in lockdown so we must respond
Roll up and get jabbed By MATT NICHOLLS
WITH Cairns in a snap lockdown and the Delta variant knocking on our doors, Cape York residents must do their community a favour and organise to get vaccinated. The long-awaited rollout will this week arrive in our part of the world, with teams to visit Lockhart River, Coen and Kowanyama. Next week, a major vaccine hub will pop up at the Weipa storm surge shelter, with smaller teams making visits to Napranum and Mapoon. Weipa Town Authority chair Michael Rowland said he was genuinely concerned about the health of Cape residents if COVID-19 was to make its way here. “The vulnerability of our communities hasn’t changed,” he said. “If you haven’t made a booking to get your vaccine, please go ahead and do it now to protect you, your family and your neighbours. “If COVID-19 were to get in our
communities it would be devastating and we don’t have the health facilities to support them.” Bookings can be made for all Cape York vaccination clinics by phoning (07) 3497 3442. Weipa residents have been waiting for months to be able to access the Pfizer vaccine and the response has been strong when it comes to early bookings. “We have already had more than 700 bookings for our first week at Weipa and good bookings for our other upcoming Cape York community clinics,” Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service CEO Bev Hamerton said. “The storm surge shelter clinic at Weipa will be one of our largest clinics to date and we will have an expanded vaccination team of 1820 clinicians, health workers and administration personnel on site, including double the usual number of vaccinators, to help get people through as quickly as possible.” Continued – Page 2
HEY PATTY, WE DID IT!
THEY didn’t win gold, but bronze was enough to bring Joe Ingles and Patty Mills to tears after they led the Australian Boomers to third place at the Tokyo Games on Saturday. It was the team’s first medal at a major tournament, ending a string of heart-breaking fourth-placed finishes. More pictures, full story and Patty Mills poster – INSIDE
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