Charlie Murphy got her COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and reports it was “only a little sting and it was done”.
“I feel pretty good about it, said the 10-year-old from Chelsea, in Melbourne’s south-east. She said she did it “so other people can be safe, and so you can also be safe around other people.
Charlie Murphy, 10, is vaccinated at Chelsea Heights medical centre.
To other kids who might be scared she said, “”I don’t think they should be scared. I think they should be excited.”
Despite some bookings across Australia being cancelled due to “unreliable supply”, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, many vaccinations did go ahead on Monday, the first day Australian children aged five to 11 were eligible for the jab.
Charlie’s mother, Helen Murphy, said Ms Murphy she booked the appointment — at Chelsea Heights Medical Centre — last month as soon as the Federal health authorities approved children getting the jab.
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“I just feel it’s the only way forward to keep everyone safe, without having to continuously lock down.”
Ms Murphy said as well as feeling Charlie would be safer, it would protect vulnerable people around her such as one of Charlie’s grandparents who has a lung condition, and schoolmates who are immuno-compromised and can’t be vaccinated.
Charlie was entertained before the vaccination by a balloon-twisting artist, and afterwards, her arm was painted with, at her request, the image of a coronavirus being vaccinated.
‘A little sting, and it was done’: Kids get COVID-19 vaccinations
Source: Philippines Alive
